Government of Georgia | |
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| Part of | United States of America |
| Constitution | Constitution of Georgia |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | Georgia General Assembly |
| Type | Bicameral |
| Meeting place | Georgia State Capitol |
| Upper house | |
| Name | Senate |
| Presiding officer | Burt Jones, President |
| Lower house | |
| Name | House of Representatives |
| Presiding officer | Jon G. Burns, Speaker |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state and government | |
| Title | Governor |
| Currently | Brian Kemp |
| Appointer | Election |
| Cabinet | |
| Leader | Governor |
| Deputy leader | Lieutenant Governor |
| Headquarters | Georgia State Capitol |
| Judicial branch | |
| Name | Judiciary of Georgia |
| Courts | Courts of Georgia |
| Supreme Court of Georgia | |
| Chief judge | Michael P. Boggs |
| Seat | Atlanta |
The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches. The seat of government for Georgia is located in Atlanta.