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In the United States, an executive order is an order or directive issued by the head of the executive branch at some level of government. The term executive order
is most commonly applied to orders issued by the
President, who is the head of the
executive branch of the
federal government. Executive orders may also be issued at the
state level by a state's
governor or at the local level by the city's
mayor.
U.S. Presidents have issued executive orders since 1789, usually to help officers and agencies of the executive branch manage the operations within the federal government itself. Executive orders have the full force of law,[1]
