Government of Virginia

Government of Virginia
Polity typePresidential System
ConstitutionConstitution of Virginia
Legislative branch
NameGeneral Assembly
TypeBicameral
Meeting placeVirginia State Capitol
Upper house
NameSenate
Presiding officerWinsome Sears, President
Lower house
NameHouse of Delegates
Presiding officerDon Scott, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of state and government
TitleGovernor
CurrentlyGlenn Youngkin
AppointerElection
Cabinet
NameGovernor's Cabinet
LeaderGovernor
Deputy leaderLieutenant Governor
HeadquartersState Capitol
Judicial branch
NameJudiciary of Virginia
CourtsCourts of Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
Chief judgeDonald W. Lemons
SeatRichmond

The government of Virginia combines the executive, legislative and judicial branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785. Virginia currently functions under the 1971 Constitution of Virginia. It is Virginia's seventh constitution. Under the Constitution, the government is composed of three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.