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Governor Mike Easley ( D ). The current North Carolina Cabinet (as of August 2007) members are:



  • In addition, the President of the State Community College System , currently Martin Lancaster , is sometimes considered a member of the Governor's Cabinet. The President, however, is appointed not by the Governor, but by the state Board of Community Colleges.



COUNCIL OF STATE

The following may be colloquially (and erroneously) called 'Cabinet members,' but as elected officials, they are actually members of the Council of State:


North Carolina retains a Jacksonian-era system of divided executive power. In addition to the Governor , the nine executive officers above are elected statewide by the voters. Collectively, these nine (or ten, including the Governor) are known as the Council of State. The term harks back to the colonial-era Governor's Council, which was essentially the upper house of the legislature, and then to a Council of State in the early years of statehood, which was appointed by the legislature and which curtailed the governor's power.

Today, the Council of State meets periodically, with the procedures.


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