A President of the Executive Council is the presiding officer of an Executive Council, in Commonwealth constitutional practice. The term may specifically refer to:— An Executive Council in Commonwealth constitutional practice based on the Westminster system exercizes executive power and is the top tier of a government led by a Governor-General, Governor, Lieutenant-Governor or Administrator (all governors). Until the advent of responsible government, Executive Councils existed primarily to advise the governor of...

• the President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State
• a Governor-General, Governor or a Lieutenant-Governor, who usually chair meetings of their own Executive Councils. However, a governor does not have to also be President.

The office is the exact equivalent of the Lord President of the Council in Britain. The President of the Executive Council (Irish: Uachtaráin na hArd-Chomhairle) was the head of government or prime minister of the 1922-1937 Irish Free State, and the leader of the Executive Council (cabinet). ... Governor-General (or Governor General) is a term used both historically and currently to designate the appointed representative of a head of state or their government for a particular territory, historically in a colonial context, but no longer necessarily in that form. ... A governor is also a device that regulates the speed of a machine. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... The Office of Lord President of the Council is a British cabinet position, the holder of which acts as presiding officer of the Privy Council. ...

See also: Vice-President of the Executive Council The Vice-President of the Executive Council is a Commonwealth position, whose holder acts as presiding officer of the Executive Council in the absence of the President of the Executive Council. ...