The Executive Council is the former title of the

Council of Ministers A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

, the principal executive body of the

Isle of Man Government The Isle of Man Government ( gv, Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chief Mi ...

. Its chairman was the

Lieutenant Governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

until 1980, when he was replaced by a

Chairman The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...

elected by Tynwald. The Chairman was renamed '' Chief Minister'' in 1986, and the council was renamed ''

'' in 1990. The Executive Council was established following the 1949 General Election, "to assist the

in the performance of his duties", as successor to an executive committee of Tynwald which was set up in 1946.Letter from United Kingdom Home Office to Lieutenant Governor, 20 February 1946, cited in Report of the Joint Working Party on the Constitutional Relationship between the Isle of Man and the United Kingdom (the 'Stonham Report'), 1969, at p.29. The Council originally consisted of the two members of the House of Keys and the following five members: *Chairman of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries *Chairman of the Board of Highways and Transport *Chairman of the Board of Social Services *Chairman of the Board of Local Government *Chairman of the Board of Education

Members

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Executive Council Of The Isle Of Man Government of the Isle of Man History of the Isle of Man