Government of Alaska

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Government of Alaska
The Seal of the State of Alaska
Part of	United States of America
Constitution	Constitution of Alaska
Legislative branch
Name	Legislature
Type	Bicameral
Meeting place	Alaska Capitol
Upper house
Name	Senate
Presiding officer	Gary Stevens, President of the Senate
Lower house
Name	House of Representatives
Presiding officer	Cathy Tilton, Speaker of the House
Executive branch
Head of state and government
Title	Governor
Currently	Mike Dunleavy
Appointer	Election
Cabinet
Leader	Governor
Deputy leader	Lieutenant Governor
Headquarters	State Capitol
Judicial branch
Name	Judiciary of Alaska
Courts	Courts of Alaska
Alaska Supreme Court
Chief judge	Daniel Winfree

The government of Alaska in common with state and federal governments of the United States, has three branches of government: the executive, consisting of the Governor of Alaska and the state agencies; the state legislature consisting of two chambers, the House of Representatives and the Senate; and the judiciary consisting of the Supreme court and lower courts.

Alaska has 246 federally recognized tribal governments and one federal Indian (Native American) reservation.^[1]