Minnesota Executive Council
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The Minnesota Executive Council is the executive council of Minnesota
. The Council is established by Chapter 9 of Minnesota Statutes.
The Minnesota Executive Council is composed of the statewide elected executive
officials. The members are the Governor
, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
, State Auditor
, and Minnesota Attorney General. The governor is chair.
The Minnesota Executive Council "appoints, fixes the salary of, and removes at pleasure" an executive secretary, who performs duties assigned by the Council. The executive secretary perform duties assigned by the Executive Council and may employ personnel as is necessary, some of whom may be detailed from other state departments.
The Executive Council meets upon the call of the governor or upon the call of the executive secretary at the request of three or more members.
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. The Council is established by Chapter 9 of Minnesota Statutes.
The Minnesota Executive Council is composed of the statewide elected executive
Executive (government)
Executive branch of Government is the part of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy. The division of power into separate branches of government is central to the idea of the separation of powers.In many countries, the term...
officials. The members are the Governor
Governor of Minnesota
The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Forty different people have been governors of the state, though historically there were also three governors of Minnesota Territory. Alexander Ramsey, the first territorial...
, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State
Minnesota Secretary of State
The Minnesota Secretary of State is the state secretary of state of the state of Minnesota.The Secretary of State is the keeper of the Great Seal of the State of Minnesota and files and certifies the authenticity of a wide variety of official documents...
, State Auditor
Minnesota State Auditor
The Minnesota State Auditor is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. State of Minnesota. The State Auditor is charged with overseeing more than $20 billion spent annually by local governments in Minnesota...
, and Minnesota Attorney General. The governor is chair.
The Minnesota Executive Council "appoints, fixes the salary of, and removes at pleasure" an executive secretary, who performs duties assigned by the Council. The executive secretary perform duties assigned by the Executive Council and may employ personnel as is necessary, some of whom may be detailed from other state departments.
The Executive Council meets upon the call of the governor or upon the call of the executive secretary at the request of three or more members.