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Government of Virginia | |
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| Polity type | Presidential System |
| Constitution | Constitution of Virginia |
| Legislative branch | |
| Name | General Assembly |
| Type | Bicameral |
| Meeting place | Virginia State Capitol |
| Upper house | |
| Name | Senate |
| Presiding officer | Winsome Sears, President |
| Lower house | |
| Name | House of Delegates |
| Presiding officer | Don Scott, Speaker |
| Executive branch | |
| Head of state and government | |
| Title | Governor |
| Currently | Glenn Youngkin |
| Appointer | Election |
| Cabinet | |
| Name | Governor's Cabinet |
| Leader | Governor |
| Deputy leader | Lieutenant Governor |
| Headquarters | State Capitol |
| Judicial branch | |
| Name | Judiciary of Virginia |
| Courts | Courts of Virginia |
| Supreme Court of Virginia | |
| Chief judge | Donald W. Lemons |
| Seat | Richmond |
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.