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The Executive

The Executive.

Who holds executive power, and who answers to whom, drawn only from the words of the Constitution.

    Who holds office now

      The hierarchy

      The chain runs left to right, from the People to the public service, with the bodies beside it on the right. Structure shows who sits where; Appointments shows who appoints, removes or approves, and who answers to whom. Each line is labelled where it arrives with its kind and its Article. Select a box to read the words that define it.
      The diagram in words

      The Commissions

      The Cabinet in full

        Who has held office

        The full lists, from Parliament’s Handbook, are on the Who held office page.

          Waiting for verification

          What was looked for and could not yet be established, and where.

          Decisions recorded

          What this page leaves out on purpose, with the words of the Articles concerned.

          Sources that disagree

          Where two sources gave different answers, both are shown with how the question was settled.

          Where executive power comes from