Governor of South Dakota | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Residence | The Governor's Mansion (official) Watertown, South Dakota (private) |
Term length | Four years, renewable once[1] |
Inaugural holder | Arthur C. Mellette 1889[2] |
Formation | Constitution of South Dakota |
Salary | $116,400.03 [3] |
The governor of South Dakota is the head of the executive branch of the government of the U.S. state of South Dakota.[4] The governor is elected to a four-year term in even years when there is no presidential election.
The current governor is Kristi Noem, a member of the Republican Party who took office on January 5, 2019.