The Baltimore County executive is the highest elected official representing the government of

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. The office was established with the implementation of the county charter for Baltimore County on November 6, 1956. The county executive is elected to post every four years, coinciding with the elections for the county council and

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. Two Baltimore county executives have later achieved prominence after leaving office: Spiro T. Agnew, who went on to become governor of Maryland and

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, resigned in 1973 due to scandal while serving in that office; and

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, who went on to represent Maryland's 2nd congressional district in the

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. The incumbent Baltimore County executive is Katherine A. Klausmeier.

List of Baltimore County executives

Notes

* Acting county executive after the conviction and resignation of Anderson * Acting county executive after the death of Kamenetz * Appointed to fill remainder of Kamenetz's term * Acting county executive after the resignation of Olszewski

References

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