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Government of Andhra Pradesh

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Seat of Government
  
Hyderabad

Speaker
  
Kodela Siva Prasad Rao

Chief Minister
  
N. Chandrababu Naidu

Governor
  
Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi Narasimhan

Deputy Chief Minister
  
K. E. Krishnamurthy Nimmakayala China Rajappa

Assembly
  
Andhra Pradesh State Assembly

Government of Andhra Pradesh is the government for the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India.

Contents

It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the legislative assembly for a 5-year term.

Executive

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body with the bhanu as the constitutional head. The bhanu who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the Chief Minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the Chief Minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

  • Legislative Assembly: 175 members (MLAs)
  • Legislative Council: 56 members (MLCs)
  • Judiciary

    High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad is the highest court of appeal at the state level. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District. Decisions of the High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

    References

    Government of Andhra Pradesh Wikipedia