POWER OF ATTORNEY
       Know all persons by these presents, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of Brian
Boch, Ariel Cho, Alexander J. May or H. Kurt von Moltke, or their
designee, and each of them individually, the undersigned's true
and lawful attorney-in-fact to:
       (1)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an Officer and/or Director of KEMET
Corporation the "Company"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any other forms
required to be filed in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder (a
"Section 16 Form") and a Form ID and any other form required to be
filed or submitted in accordance with Regulation S-T promulgated
by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (or any
successor provision) in order to file the Section 16 Forms
electronically (a "Form ID", and, together with the Section 16
Forms, a "Form");
       (2)  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form, complete and execute any amendment or
amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission and any securities
exchange; and
       (3)  take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of each such
attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by each such attorney-in-fact on behalf of
the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in
such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as he or she
may approve in his or her discretion.
       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully
to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do
if personally present, with full power of substitution or
revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such
attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of
Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The
undersigned acknowledge that each such attorney-in-fact is serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, and is not
assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
       The power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file any Forms
pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder, with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
From and after the date hereof, any Power of Attorney previously
granted by the undersigned concerning the subject matter hereof is
hereby revoked.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be executed as of April 2, 2019.

/s/ R. James Assaf
R. James Assaf






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