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 a member and presiding officer of the Fiscal Court, the county's legislative body. 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.