Government of Puducherry

Government of Puducherry
  • French:Gouvernement de Pondichéry
    Tamil:புதுச்சேரி அரசு
    Telugu:పుదుచ్చేరి ప్రభుత్వము
    Malayalam:പുതുച്ചേരി സർക്കാർ
Seat of GovernmentPuducherry Legislative Assembly Building, Puducherry
Websitepuducherry.gov.in
Legislative branch
Assembly
SpeakerEmbalam R. Selvam, BJP
Deputy SpeakerP. Rajavelu, AINRC
Members in Assembly33 (30 elected & 3 nominated)
Executive branch
Lieutenant Governor
(Head of the state)
Kuniyil Kailashnathan
Chief Minister
(Head of the government)
N. Rangaswamy
Chief SecretaryAshwani Kumar, IAS[1]
HeadquartersPuducherry Government Secretariat, Goubert Avenue, Puducherry
Departments44
Judiciary branch
High CourtMadras High Court
Chief JusticeMunishwar Nath Bhandari
SeatChennai

Government of Puducherry (Tamil:Putuccēri aracu, Telugu:Puduccēri prabhutvamu) is the union territorial government for the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is headed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Its capital is located at Pondicherry.