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Executive Order 8629

Establishing the Office of Production Management in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties

Signed by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on January 7, 1941.

Later amended
Signed recordJanuary 7, 1941

The date the President signed it.

Publication record6 FR 191

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater amended

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Reference number
eo-8629
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Power & Politics, "Executive Order 8629: Establishing the Office of Production Management in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties," last checked Oct. 27, 2026, citing National Archives, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8629

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, October 27). Executive Order 8629: Establishing the Office of Production Management in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties [Executive order record]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8629

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Executive Order 8629: Establishing the Office of Production Management in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties." Last modified October 27, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8629.

BibTeX
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  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Executive Order 8629: Establishing the Office of Production Management in the Executive Office of the President and Defining Its Functions and Duties}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/eo-8629}},
  note         = {Reference number eo-8629; official source: National Archives, https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/1941.html; last checked October 27, 2026; accessed October 28, 2026}
}
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The order itself

As signed

The complete text of the order.

Later record

What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Revokes EO 8572, October 21, 1940
Amended by EO 8875, August 28, 1941; EO 8942, November 19, 1941;EO 9024, January 16, 1942
Rescinded by EO 9040, January 24, 1942

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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