Government of Vermont

Government of Vermont
Great Seal of the State of Vermont
Polity type	Presidential Republic
Constitution	Constitution of Vermont
Legislative branch
Name	General Assembly
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Vermont State House
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	David Zuckerman, President
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Jill Krowinski, Speaker
Executive branch
Head of State and Government
Title	Governor
Currently	Phil Scott
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Name	7 Executive Agencies
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	The Pavilion
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Vermont
Vermont Supreme Court
Chief judge	Paul Reiber
Seat	Montpelier

The government of Vermont is a republican form of government modeled after the Government of the United States. The Constitution of Vermont is the supreme law of the state, followed by the Vermont Statutes. This is roughly analogous to the Federal United States Constitution, United States Code and Code of Federal Regulations respectively. Provision is made for the following frame of government under the Constitution of the State of Vermont: the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. All members of the executive and legislative branch serve two-year terms including the governor and senators. There are no term limits for any office.

The Vermont state capital is Montpelier. In 1791, Vermont joined the United States as the fourteenth state.

An in-depth evaluation of government in 2008 ranked Vermont high compared to other states. It ranked highest in "small discrete issues and huge global ones." It performed poorly in the issues in-between and planning for the future.^[1]