Lord President
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The title Lord President may refer to one of several offices:
- Lord President of the CouncilLord President of the CouncilThe Lord President of the Council is the fourth of the Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the Lord High Treasurer and above the Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President usually attends each meeting of the Privy Council, presenting business for the monarch's approval...
, the presiding officer of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council - Lord President of the Court of SessionLord President of the Court of SessionThe Lord President of the Court of Session is head of the judiciary in Scotland, and presiding judge of the College of Justice and Court of Session, as well as being Lord Justice General of Scotland and head of the High Court of Justiciary, the offices having been combined in 1836...
, the Chief Justice and Lord Justice General of Scotland - Lord President of the Supreme Court, the title of the head of the judiciary (now Chief Justice) of Malaysia until 1994.
- Lord President of the Council of the North, the historical office of the English monarch's representative in the north of England.
- Lord President of MunsterLord President of MunsterThe post of Lord President of Munster was the most important office in the English government of the Irish province of Munster from its introduction in the Elizabethan era for a century, to 1672, a period including the Desmond Rebellions in Munster, the Nine Years' War, and the Irish Rebellion of...