after world war i the lieutenant governor gradually gave up control to tynwald, a process guided by the reports of commissions and other bodies in 1911, 1959 and 1969. an executive council, chaired by him and including members of tynwald, was established in 1949, and gradually thereafter became the effective government of the island. finance and the police came under local control between 1958 and 1976. the lieutenant governor stopped chairing the executive council in 1980, and was replaced by a chairman elected by tynwald, and the council was reconstituted in 1985 to include the chairmen of the eight principal boards; in 1986 they were given the title 'minister' and the chairman was styled 'chief minister'. in 1990 the council was renamed the 'council of ministers'.