Vice-President of the Executive Council
- Vice-President of the Executive Council
The Vice-President of the Executive Council is a position in Australian governments, whose holder acts as presiding officer of the Federal Executive Council in the absence of the Governor-General or Governor. [ cite web
title=Federal Executive Council Handbook
publisher= Government of Australia
month=June | year=2005
url=http://www.pmc.gov.au/guidelines/docs/executive_handbook.pdf
accessdate=2007-12-07 |format=PDF ]
The Vice-President of the Federal Executive Council is appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Vice-President is usually a senior minister and may summon executive councillors and preside at Council meetings when the Governor-General is not present. However the Vice-President cannot sign Executive Council documents on behalf of the Governor-General.
As the duties of the post are not rigorous it is usually given to a government minister who holds another portfolio. In this sense, it is usually not a 'Minister without portfolio' such as the equivalent position, Lord President of the Council, is in the United Kingdom, although it has sometimes been used thus in the past (Enid Lyons in the First Menzies Ministry and Jim Killen in the Third Fraser Ministry served in the post without holding another portfolio simultaneously).
The current Vice-President of the Executive Council is Senator John Faulkner, who is also Special Minister of State. [ cite web
title=Rudd Ministry
publisher=Government of Australia
url=http://www.pmc.gov.au/parliamentary/docs/ministry_list_2007.pdf
format=PDF
accessdate=2007-12-03 ]
Australian Vice-Presidents of the Executive Council
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