executive branches
Governments' enforcement arms
Executive branches are the parts of governments responsible for implementing and enforcing laws.
In systems with separation of powers, the executive branch is distinct from the legislative branch (which makes laws) and the judicial branch (which interprets them).
The term typically refers to a president or prime minister and the agencies under their authority: The executive branches of state governments vary in structure.
- ministriesGovernment administrative divisions
- presidentElected leader of nation
- Oval OfficePresident's formal workspace
- West WingPresidential office area
- officialsThose holding formal power
national security · cabinet · checks and balances · separation of powers · government · prime minister · civil service · agencies · federal agencies · policy · bureaucracy · bully pulpit · authority · chain of command · veto power · executives · foreign policy · pardons
executive brancheslegislative branches
Law-creating governmental bodies
legislatures · judicial branches · judiciaries · courts · parliaments
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