EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY

EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY, an independent branch of state power, carrying out functions of state affairs management. E.a. accepts own resolutions and orders in execution of acts of legislative authority. In Bashkortostan, the functions of E.a. were performed by: Bashkir Government, Provisional Revolutionary Council of Bashkortostan, Bashrevkom (Bashkir Revolutionary Committee) and Council of People’s Commissars. Since 1938, the supreme body of E.a. — the Council of Ministers, since 1993 — the Cabinet of Ministers, since 2002 — the Government of the RB.