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executive branch

Also known as executive, administrative organ, executive power

branch of the government that has sole authority and responsibility for the administration of the state

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The executive branch is the part of government responsible for carrying out and enforcing the laws that are passed. It matters because it's the branch that actually implements policies and runs the day-to-day operations of the state.

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The executive is the part of the government that executes or enforces the law and policy of a government. It can be organised as a branch of government, as in liberal democracies, or as an organ of the unified state apparatus, as is the case in communist states.

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