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 region
  Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)
  A special administrative region is a provincial-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China, for which creation is provided by Article 31 of the 1982 Constitution of the People's Republic of China Article 31 reads "The state may establish special administrative regions when...
  
  s 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 Chief Executive of Hong Kong The Chief Executive of Hong Kong is the President of the Executive Council of Hong Kong and head of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The position was created to replace the Governor of Hong Kong, who was the head of the Hong Kong government during British rule...	1997	replaced the role of the Governor of Hong Kong Governor of Hong Kong The Governor of Hong Kong was the head of the government of Hong Kong during British rule from 1843 to 1997. The governor's roles were defined in the Hong Kong Letters Patent and Royal Instructions...
Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive of Macau The Chief Executive of Macau is the head of the government of Macau, a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China and a former Portuguese overseas province.Under the Basic Law of Macau, the CE's role is:...	1999	replaced the role of the Governor of Macau Governor of Macau The Governor of Macau was a Portuguese colonial official who headed the colony of Macau, before 1623 called Captain-major . The post was replaced on December 20, 1999 upon the transfer of administration to the People's Republic of China by the office of the Chief Executive of the Macau Special...

• in Mauritius
  Mauritius
  Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
  
  , 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 Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis Jean-Claude Pierre-Louis was the Chief Executive of Rodrigues Island, Mauritius between October 24, 2004 and March 2010.Pierre-Louis was the second person to hold the title since it was created in 2002. He had threaten to quit after a dispute with Chief Commissioner of Rodrigues Johnson...	Non-party

• New Zealand Antarctic Territory
  Ross Dependency
  The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south...
  
  : while not a government, the Ross Dependency
  Ross Dependency
  The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south...
  
   is a Crown
  The Crown
  The Crown is a corporation sole that in the Commonwealth realms and any provincial or state sub-divisions thereof represents the legal embodiment of governance, whether executive, legislative, or judicial...
  
   entity managed by a Board of Directors
  Board of directors
  A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
  
   and the Chair acts as the Chief Executive. The Board reports to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)
  Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)
  The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a major ministerial portfolio in the government of New Zealand.The current Minister of Foreign Affairs is Murray McCully, who was National Party Spokeperson of Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister of Foreign Affairs. There are also Associate Minister roles...
  
  .

• The head of government in the Falkland Islands
  Falkland Islands
  The Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
  
  is known as the Chief Executive.

Sources and references

• WorldStatesmen - see each present country