PACIFIC SELECT EXEC SEPARATE ACCT PACIFIC LIFE INS, 485BPOS, EX-99.6(A), 2000-07-21

PACIFIC SELECT EXEC SEPARATE ACCT PACIFIC LIFE INS
485BPOS, EX-99.6(A), 2000-07-21

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 6.(a)

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 9 to Registration
Statement No. 333-01713 on Form S-6 of our report dated February 10, 2000,
related to the statement of assets and liabilities of Pacific Select Exec
Separate Account of Pacific Life Insurance Company as of December 31, 1999, and
the related statement of operations for the year then ended and statement of
changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and of
our report dated February 22, 2000, related to the consolidated financial
statements of Pacific Life Insurance Company and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1999 and 1998, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1999, appearing in the Prospectuses of Pacific Select Estate Preserver and
Pacific Select Estate Preserver III, which are part of such Registration
Statement.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" appearing in
such Prospectuses.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Costa Mesa, California
July 21, 2000