The first Executive Council for the Falklands was inaugurated on 2 April 1845 by Governor Richard Moody.
[1] The powers, function, membership and tenure of the Executive Council is prescribed in Chapter V of the Falkland Islands Constitution, which came into force on 1 January 2009.
At the first meeting of the Legislative Assembly of the Falkland Islands after every general election, the Legislative Assembly elects three of its members to the Executive Council, of whom at least one must represent a Stanley constituency and at least one must represent a Camp constituency.
An elected Councillor member can be forcibly removed from the Council by a resolution in the Legislative Assembly.
Also, membership is revoked automatically if a Councillor is absent for three consecutive Council meetings without permission.