Vice President of the Federal Executive Council (Joan of What?)

The Vice President of the Federal Executive Council chairs meetings of the in the event of the 's absence. The Vice President is therefore one of the and is technically higher in the order of precedence to the. The Vice President is a member of who usually is already serving in the ministry of the sitting Chancellor, and is as such treated as a Cabinet post. The Vice President is appointed by the monarch with the advice of the Chancellor.

The Federal Executive Council was established as part of the constitutional reforms carried out in. Prior to the Executive Council, the served a similar function, and the presiding officer in the Privy Council was the Lord President of the Council, a post carried over from British tradition.

The 28th and current Vice President of the Federal Executive Council is, who was appointed on 3 January 2017 on the advice of Chancellor.