Government of Illinois

Government of Illinois
Great Seal of the State of Illinois
Part of	United States of America
Constitution	Constitution of Illinois
Legislative branch
Name	Legislature
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Illinois General Assembly
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Don Harmon, President
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Emanuel Chris Welch, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	J. B. Pritzker
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Name	Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	Illinois State Capitol
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Illinois
Courts	Courts of Illinois
Supreme Court of Illinois
Chief judge	Mary Jane Theis
Seat	Springfield, Illinois

The Government of Illinois, under Illinois' Constitution, has three branches of government: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The State's executive branch is split into several statewide elected offices, with the Governor as chief executive and head of state, and has numerous departments, agencies, boards and commissions. Legislative functions are granted to the General Assembly, a bicameral body consisting of the 118-member House of Representatives and the 59-member Senate. The judiciary is composed of the Supreme Court of Illinois and lower courts.