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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         That each of the undersigned directors of The Gabelli Convertible and
Income Securities Fund Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the State
of Maryland (the "Company"), constitutes and appoints each Bruce N. Alpert and
James E. McKee, his true and lawful attorney and agent, 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 director, Registration
Statements on Form N-2, including any pre-effective amendments and/or any
post-effective amendments thereto and any other filings in connection
therewith, and to file the same under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
or the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or otherwise, with respect
to the registration of the Company, the registration or offering of the
Company's common shares, par value $.001 per share, or the registration or
offering of the Company's preferred shares, par value $.001 per share;
granting to such attorney and agent full power of substitution and revocation
in the premises; and ratifying and confirming all that such attorney and
agent, 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.





                           [Signature Page Follows]


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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power
of Attorney this ___ day of September, 2002.



/s/ Mario J. Gabelli                       /s/ Karl Otto Pohl
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Mario J. Gabelli                           Karl Otto Pohl
Director, President, and                   Director
Chief Investment Officer


/s/ E. Val Cerutti                         /s/ Anthony J. Colavita
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E. Val Cerutti                             Anthony J. Colavita
Director                                   Director


/s/ Dugald A. Fletcher                     /s/ Anthony R. Pustorino
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Dugald A. Fletcher                         Anthony R. Pustorino
Director                                   Director


/s/ Werner J. Roeder                       /s/ Anthonie C. van Ekris
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Werner J. Roeder, MD                        Anthonie C. van Ekris
Director                                    Director


/s/ Salvatore J. Zizza
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Salvatore J. Zizza
Director


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