Government of Virginia

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Government of Virginia
Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Polity type	Presidential System
Constitution	Constitution of Virginia
Legislative branch
Name	General Assembly
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Virginia State Capitol
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Winsome Sears, President
Lower house
Name	House of Delegates
Presiding officer	Don Scott, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	Glenn Youngkin
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Name	Governor's Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	State Capitol
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Virginia
Courts	Courts of Virginia
Supreme Court of Virginia
Chief judge	Donald W. Lemons
Seat	Richmond

The government of Virginia combines the executive, legislative and judicial branches of authority in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The current governor of Virginia is Glenn Youngkin. The State Capitol building in Richmond was designed by Thomas Jefferson, and the cornerstone was laid by Governor Patrick Henry in 1785. Virginia currently functions under the 1971 Constitution of Virginia. It is Virginia's seventh constitution. Under the Constitution, the government is composed of three branches: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.