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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001415889-22-002741
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220224
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220308
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220308

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alvero Gumer
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001915877

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32525
		FILM NUMBER:		22721979

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		GENERAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE
		STREET 2:		1098 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000820027
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		IRS NUMBER:				133180631
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1099 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-8001

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1099 AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL CENTER
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55474

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030513

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	AMERICAN EXPRESS FINANCIAL ADVISORS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19950711

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	IDS FINANCIAL CORP/MN/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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        <footnote id="F1">Estimate of the number of shares held in the reporting person's account in the Ameriprise Financial Stock Fund under the Ameriprise Financial 401(k) plan as of March 2, 2022. This plan uses unit accounting and the number of shares that a participant is deemed to hold varies with the price of Ameriprise stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Two-thirds of the options are fully vested; the remaining one-third options vest on January 31, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">One-third of the options are fully vested; one-third of the options vest on each of January 29, 2023 and January 29, 2024.</footnote>
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        <footnote id="F6">Shares of phantom stock are payable in shares of Ameriprise common stock following termination of employment or during a specified
future year in accordance with The Ameriprise Financial Deferred Compensation Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Each share of phantom stock represents the right to receive one share of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common stock.</footnote>
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<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center">POWER OF ATTORNEY</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align="center">EX-24</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Karen Wilson Thissen, Wendy B. Mahling, James R. DeBuse, Susan M. Beltz, and Mary St. Marie signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(1)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports, including amended reports, the undersigned may be required to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company, including Form 144;</p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(2)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">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 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, including the completion, execution and filing of Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC and timely file such form or report with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and </p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:-2px; width:48px; font-size:12pt; float:left">(3)</p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:-2px; font-size:12pt">take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of 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 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 such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.</p>
<p style="margin:0px; clear:left"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">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 such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's 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 acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are 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.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 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 the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.</p>
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<hr style="margin-bottom: 9.6px; padding-top: 9.6px;" noshade size="1"><p style="margin:0px; text-indent:48px; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 7th day of March, 2022.</p>
<p style="margin:0px"><br></p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">/s/ Gumer Alvero</p>
<p style="margin:0px; font-size:12pt">Title: President, Insurance &amp; Annuities of Ameriprise Financial, Inc.</p>
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