Government of Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Government

Seat(s) of Government	Vivek sharma (Shimla) Class 12 (Paonta sahib)
Legislative Branch
Assembly	Himachal Pradesh Vidhan Sabha
Speaker	Kuldeep Singh Pathania
Leader of Opposition	Jai Ram Thakur
Legislative branch
Deputy Speaker	Vinay Kumar
Executive Branch
Governor	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Chief Minister	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
Deputy Chief Minister	Mukesh Agnihotri
Chief Secretary	Prabodh Saxena, IAS
Judiciary
Court	Himachal Pradesh High Court
Chief Justice	M. S. Ramachandra Rao[1]
Seat	Shimla

The Government of Himachal Pradesh also known as the State Government of Himachal Pradesh, or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It consists of an executive branch, led by the Governor of Himachal Pradesh, a judiciary and a legislative branch.

Like other states in India, the head of state of Himachal Pradesh is the Governor, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government. The post of governor is largely ceremonial. The Chief Minister is the head of government and council of ministers. There exists parliamentary system of government in state with council of ministers responsible to legislative assembly. Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and houses the Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) and the secretariat . Dharamshala is the winter capital of the state. The Himachal Pradesh High Court is located in Shimla, which has jurisdiction over the whole of Himachal Pradesh. State legislature is unicameral having legislative assembly composed of MLAs elected directly by the people of the state.