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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         That each of the undersigned officers and trustees of BlackRock
Municipal Income Trust II, a business trust formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), do constitute and appoint Ralph L. Schlosstein,
Laurence D. Fink and Anne F. Ackerley, and each of them, his true and lawful
attorneys and agents, each with full power and authority (acting alone and
without the other) to execute in the name and on behalf of each of the
undersigned as such officer or trustee, a Registration Statement on Form N-2,
including any pre-effective amendments and/or any post-effective amendments
thereto and any subsequent Registration Statement of the Trust pursuant to Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") and any other
filings in connection therewith, and to file the same under the 1933 Act or the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise, with respect to the
registration of the Trust, the registration or offering of the Trust's common
shares of beneficial interest, par value $.001 per share, or the registration or
offering of the Trust's preferred shares, par value $.001 per share; granting to
such attorneys and agents and each of them, full power of substitution and
revocation in the premises; and ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys
and agents, or any of them, may do or cause to be done by virtue of these
presents.

         This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute
one instrument.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this 26th day of June, 2002.


                                       /s/ Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
                                       Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer
                                       Trustee



                                       Richard E. Cavanagh
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ Kent Dixon
                                       Kent Dixon
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ Frank J. Fabozzi
                                       Frank J. Fabozzi
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
                                       James Clayburn La Force, Jr.
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ Walter F. Mondale
                                       Walter F. Mondale
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ Ralph L. Schlosstein
                                       Ralph L. Schlosstein
                                       Trustee and President

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                                       /s/ Laurence D. Fink
                                       Laurence D. Fink
                                       Trustee


                                       /s/ Henry Gabbay
                                       Henry Gabbay
                                       Treasurer


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