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Government of Alaska | |
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Part of | United States of America |
Constitution | Constitution of Alaska |
Legislative branch | |
Name | Legislature |
Type | Bicameral |
Meeting place | Alaska Capitol |
Upper house | |
Name | Senate |
Presiding officer | Gary Stevens, President of the Senate |
Lower house | |
Name | House of Representatives |
Presiding officer | Cathy Tilton, Speaker of the House |
Executive branch | |
Head of state and government | |
Title | Governor |
Currently | Mike Dunleavy |
Appointer | Election |
Cabinet | |
Leader | Governor |
Deputy leader | Lieutenant Governor |
Headquarters | State Capitol |
Judicial branch | |
Name | Judiciary of Alaska |
Courts | Courts of Alaska |
Alaska Supreme Court | |
Chief judge | Daniel Winfree |
The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.
Alaska has 246 federally recognized tribal governments and one federal Indian (Native American) reservation.[1]