Executive (government)

Under the doctrine of the separation of powers, the executive is the branch of a government charged with implementing, or executing, the law and running the day-to-day affairs of the government or state. The de facto most senior figure in an executive is referred to as the head of government. The executive may be referred to as the administration, in presidential systems, or simply as the government, in parliamentary systems.

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Separation of powers - Government - Law - State - De facto - Head of government - Presidential system - Parliamentary system

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In some constitutional monarchies, such as the United Kingdom, the monarch, who is the Head of State, is the de jure and theoretical head of the executive, and the Prime Minister, who he or she technically appoints, is the head of the monarch's government (i.e. "Her Majesty's Government"). In practice, however, a symbolic or figurehead Head of State does not actively exercise executive power, though decisions may be formally made in his or her name.

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Constitutional monarchies - United Kingdom - Head of State - De jure - Her Majesty's Government - Figurehead

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Along with the Prime Minister or executive President, the executive branch consists of the cabinet and the executive departments or ministries of the government.

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Prime Minister - President - Cabinet - Department - Ministries

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