Government of Andhra Pradesh

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, or Andhra Pradesh Government abbreviated as GoAP, is the state government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for a five-year term. The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body that governs the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The state government is headed by the governor of Andhra Pradesh as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected chief minister as the real head of the executive. The governor who is appointed for 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.

ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ ప్రభుత్వం
Government of Andhra Pradesh
Seat of GovernmentAmaravati
Legislative branch
Assembly
SpeakerThammineni Seetharam
Deputy SpeakerKolagatla Veera Bhadra Swamy
Members in Assembly175
CouncilAndhra Pradesh Sasana Mandali
ChairmanKoyye Moshenu Raju
Deputy ChairZakia Khanam
Members in Council58
Executive branch
GovernorS. Abdul Nazeer
Chief MinisterY. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Deputy Chief Minister
Chief SecretaryK S Jawahar Reddy, IAS[1]
Judiciary
High CourtAndhra Pradesh High Court
Chief JusticePrashant Kumar Mishra

Governance

Executive
Main article: Politics of Andhra Pradesh
See also: Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy ministry and Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body with the governor as the constitutional head. The governor 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.

AP Government Employees[2]
Lakhs  % Type of Employee
6.06 46.65% State Government
3.39 26.07% State Bodies
2.53 19.49% State Public Sector Units

Legislature
Main article: Andhra Pradesh Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

Judiciary
Main articles: Andhra Pradesh High Court and District Courts of India

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was the highest court of appeal at the state level till 2019. After Andhra Pradesh High Court was inaugurated in Amaravati on 1 January 2019, it became the High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District.[3] Decisions of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

See also

References
  1. "Adityanath Das to be next Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh". @businessline. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. Employee Census 2006. Apdes.ap.gov.in. Retrieved on 9 January 2012.
  3. Judicial Directory. Hc.ap.nic.in. Retrieved on 9 January 2012.
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