In politics, a person or persons constituting the branch of government charged with executing or carrying out the laws and appointing officials, formulating and instituting foreign policy, and providing diplomatic representation.
In the U.S., a system of checks and balances keeps the power of the executive more or less equal to that of the judiciary and the legislature. &Seealso; mayor, president, prime minister.
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