Government of Andhra Pradesh

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Government of Andhra Pradesh

Capital	Amaravati
Legislative branch
Assembly	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Speaker	Gorantla Butchaiah Chowdary (Protem)
Deputy Speaker	Vacant
Members in Assembly	175
Council	Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council
Chairman	Koyye Moshenu Raju
Deputy Chair	Zakia Khanam
Members in Council	58
Executive branch
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP)
Deputy Chief Minister	Pawan Kalyan (JSP)
Chief Secretary	Neerab Kumar Prasad, IAS[1]
Judiciary
High Court	Andhra Pradesh High Court
Chief Justice	Dhiraj Singh Thakur

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as GoAP, is the state government and the administrative body responsible for the governance of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is the capital of the state and houses the state executive, legislature and head of judiciary.

Under the Constitution of India, de jure executive authority lies with the governor, although this authority is exercised only by, or on the advice of, the chief minister, the de facto authority and the cabinet. Following elections to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.

It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for a five-year term. The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body that governs the state of Andhra Pradesh, India.