ఆంధ్ర రాష్ట్ర ప్రభుత్వం
Government of Andhra Pradesh

Capital	Amaravati
Legislative branch
Assembly	Andhra Pradesh Sasana Sabha
Speaker	Thammineni Seetharam
Deputy Speaker	Kolagatla Veera Bhadra Swamy
Members in Assembly	175
Council	Andhra Pradesh Sasana Mandali
Chairman	Koyye Moshenu Raju
Deputy Chair	Zakia Khanam
Members in Council	58
Executive branch
Governor	S. Abdul Nazeer
Chief Minister	Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy
Deputy Chief Minister	Kottu Satyanarayana Rajanna Dora Peedika Budi Mutyala Naidu Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari K. Narayana Swamy
Chief Secretary	K S Jawahar Reddy, IAS[1]
Judiciary
High Court	Andhra Pradesh High Court
Chief Justice	Dhiraj Singh Thakur

The Government of Andhra Pradesh, or Andhra Pradesh Government abbreviated as GoAP, is the State government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. 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. The state government is headed by the governor of Andhra Pradesh as the nominal head of state, with a democratically elected chief minister as the real head of the executive. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and his Council of Ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his Council of Ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

Governance

Executive

The Government of Andhra Pradesh is a democratically elected body with the governor as the constitutional head. The governor who is appointed for a period of five years appoints the chief minister and his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested.

Employees

State has about 8 lakh employees. This comprises 5.6 lakh regular employees (1.3 lakh new employees at village and ward Secretariate) employees), 2 lakh contract and outsourcing employees, apart from more than 60,000 employees working in corporations and public sector undertakings.^[2]

Legislature

The Andhra Pradesh Legislature is currently bicameral consisting of:

• Sasana Sabha: 175 members (MLAs)
• Sasana Mandali: 58 members (MLCs)

Judiciary

High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad was the highest court of appeal at the state level till 2019. After Andhra Pradesh High Court was inaugurated in Amaravati on 1 January 2019, it became the High Court for the State of Andhra Pradesh. It has subordinate Civil and Criminal Courts in every District.^[3] Decisions of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh can be appealed in the Supreme Court of India.

Emblem

The emblem consists of “Dhamma Chakra" (Wheel of law), decorated with a string of triratnas alternating with pinnate leaves and precious stones. Three circles of decorative beads surround the wheel. “Purna Ghataka” (The vase of plenty) is at the hub of the wheel. The national emblem is at the bottom. The word ‘Andhra Pradesh Prabhutvam’ (Government of Andhra Pradesh) in Telugu script is at the top. It is flanked by the word "Andhra Pradesh" written in English and Devanagari lipi. The word 'Satyameva Jayathe' in Telugu scripts appears at the bottom.^[4][5]