EXHIBIT 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ John R. Alm  

John R. Alm 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Dennis R. Beresford  

Dennis R. Beresford 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ John F. Bergstrom  

John F. Bergstrom 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Abelardo E. Bru  

Abelardo E. Bru 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Robert W. Decherd  

Robert W. Decherd 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Thomas J. Falk  

Thomas J. Falk 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Mae C. Jemison  

Mae C. Jemison 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ James M. Jenness  

James M. Jenness 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Ian C. Read  

Ian C. Read 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Linda Johnson Rice  

Linda Johnson Rice 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Marc J. Shapiro  

Marc J. Shapiro 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, a Director and/or Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), does hereby constitute and appoint Mark A. Buthman, Steve E. Voskuil, Thomas J. Mielke and Randy J. Vest, and each of them, with full power to act alone, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on behalf of the undersigned a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with respect to the registration under the Securities Act of shares of the Corporation’s common stock, $1.25 par value, to be granted under and in accordance with the Kimberly-Clark Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, and to execute any and all amendments to such Registration Statement, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any one of them, or his substitute or their substitutes, lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 17th day of September, 2009.

/s/ G. Craig Sullivan  

G. Craig Sullivan