Chief executive (gubernatorial)

For other uses of the title, see CEO and Head of government.

Chief Executive is a term used for certain gubernatorial offices, expressing the nature of their job being analogous to a head of government. Commonly used to refer to Presidential powers given by the constitution. As Chief Executive the president can: implement policy, supervise executive branch of government, prepare executive budget for submission to congress, and appoint and remove executive officials

While in most cases there is another specific style, such as (lieutenant-)governor(-general), there are a few offices formally styled Chief Executive:

• in the People's Republic of China, in two special administrative regions that were under foreign colonial rule until their recent transfer of sovereignty, where the chief executive are heads of the regions and heads of government:

Title	Created	Replacing
Chief Executive of Hong Kong	1997	replaced the role of the Governor of Hong Kong
Chief Executive of Macau	1999	replaced the role of the Governor of Macau

• in Mauritius, on Rodrigues island, since 12 October 2002 autonomy was granted:

Term	Name	Party
24 October 2002 - 23 October 2004	Claude Wong So	Non-party
24 October 2004 - 20	Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis	Non-party

• New Zealand Antarctic Territory: while not a government, the Ross Dependency is a Crown entity managed by a Board of Directors and the Chair acts as the Chief Executive. The Board reports to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand).

• The head of government in the Falkland Islands is known as the Chief Executive.

Sources and references

• WorldStatesmen - see each present country