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County Judge/Executive
Public office in Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A County Judge/Executive (or simply, Judge/Executive, and often written Judge-Executive) is an elected official in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky who is the head of the executive branch of a government in a county.[1] The Judge/Executive is an ex officio member of the Fiscal Court, the county's legislature. The position is established by section 140 of the Kentucky Constitution.[2] In other states, similar positions are often titled county executive or county mayor.
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