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.
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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:
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.