Government of Georgia (U.S. state)

Government of Georgia
Great Seal of the State of Georgia
Part of	United States of America
Constitution	Constitution of Georgia
Legislative branch
Name	Georgia General Assembly
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Georgia State Capitol
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Burt Jones, President
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Jon G. Burns, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	Brian Kemp
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	Georgia State Capitol
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Georgia
Courts	Courts of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia
Chief judge	Michael P. Boggs
Seat	Atlanta

The state government of Georgia is the U.S. state governmental body established by the Georgia State Constitution. It is a republican form of government with three branches: the legislature, executive, and judiciary. Through a system of separation of powers or "checks and balances", each of these branches has some authority to act on its own, some authority to regulate the other two branches, and has some of its own authority, in turn, regulated by the other branches. The seat of government for Georgia is located in Atlanta.