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{{short description|Democratically elected body of Goa}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{infobox government
| government_name   = Government of Goa
| image             = Seal_of_Goa.png
| division_type     = [[Seat of government|Seat of Government]]
| division          = [[Panaji|Goa Legislative Assembly Building, Panaji]]
| leader_type       = [[Governor (India)|Governor]]
| leader_title      = [[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]
| leader_type2      = [[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
| leader_title2     = [[Pramod Sawant]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader_type3      = [[List of current Indian deputy chief ministers|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| leader_title3     =
| leader_type4      = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]]
| leader_title4     = Puneet Kumar Goel,<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 January 2022|title=Puneet Goel picked as Goa’s new chief secretary {{!}} Goa News|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/puneet-goel-picked-as-goas-new-chief-secy/articleshow/88764735.cms|access-date=2022-06-17|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| legislature_label = [[State legislative assemblies of India|Assembly]]
| legislature       = {{ubl|[[Goa Legislative Assembly]]|}}
| speaker_label     = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Speaker]]
| speaker           = [[Ramesh Tawadkar]], [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| deputy_speaker_label     = [[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Deputy Speaker]]
| deputy_speaker           = Vacant
| members_in_assembly_label = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Members in Assembly]]
| members_in_assembly = [[List of constituencies of the Goa Legislative Assembly|40]]
| branch4            = [[Judiciary of India|Judiciary branch]]
| court_name         = [[High courts of India|High Court]]
| court              = [[Bombay High Court]]
| chief_justice_label = [[List of current Indian chief justices|Chief Justice]]
| chief_justice      = [[Dipankar Datta]]
|nativename=गोंय सरकार|deputy_chairman_label=[[List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairmen|Deputy Chairman]]}}

The '''Government of Goa''' is a [[state government]] created by the [[Constitution of India]] and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of [[Goa]]. It is headquatered in [[Panaji]], the [[capital city]] of Goa.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-11-03|title=Satya Pal Malik sworn-in as Goa Governor|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/satya-pal-malik-sworn-in-as-goa-governor/story-4NaqDKKD2u6OJq2hnLKZKO.html|access-date=2019-11-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==History==
The governor's role is largely ceremonial but plays a crucial role when it comes to deciding who should form the next government or suspending the legislature as has happened in the recent past. After having stable governance for nearly thirty years up to 1990, Goa is now notorious for its political instability having seen fourteen governments in the span of the fifteen years between 1990 and 2005.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070313090814/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/31/stories/2005013104051100.htm Odds stacked against Parrikar], Anil Sastry, ''[[The Hindu]]'', 2005-01-31, verified 2005-04-02</ref> In March 2005, the assembly was dissolved by the governor and [[President's rule]] was declared, which suspended the legislature. A [[by-election]] in June 2005 saw the Congress coming back to power after winning three of the five seats that went to the polls. The [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) are the two largest parties in the state. In the assembly pole of 2007, a Congress-led coalition won and started ruling the state.<ref>{{cite news |first= Sanjay|last=Banerjee |title=Congress set to rule Goa again |url= http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-06/india/27988125_1_congress-mlas-independents-new-clp-leader |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121022111950/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2007-06-06/india/27988125_1_congress-mlas-independents-new-clp-leader |url-status= dead |archive-date= 22 October 2012 |date= 6 June 2007|work= [[The Times of India]]|access-date= 2007-08-05}}</ref> Other parties include the [[United Goans Democratic Party]], the [[Nationalist Congress Party]] and the [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://northgoa.nic.in/ |title=North Goa District Website, Panaji Goa http://northgoa.nic.in<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=29 November 2008 |archive-date=19 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111219223718/http://northgoa.nic.in/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In the 2012 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) defeated the Indian National Congress government in Goa, led by [[Chief Minister|CM]] [[Digambar Kamat]]. The election was won by the BJP-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak alliance which won 24 seats in the 40-seat assembly. The Bharatiya Janata Party won 21 seats, while the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party won 3 seats. [[Manohar Parrikar]], leader of the BJP, was sworn in as Chief Minister of Goa on 9 March 2012. After Parrikar died from [[cancer]] in March 2019, he was succeeded by [[Pramod Sawant]] as the CM.

==Head Leaders==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"; | House
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"; | Leader
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"; | Portrait
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white"; | Since
|-
!colspan=4|Constitutional Posts
|-
|[[List of governors of Goa]]
|'''[[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]'''
|[[File:PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg|75px]]
|07 July 2021
|-
| [[List of chief ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
|'''[[Pramod Sawant]]'''
|[[File:Dr. Pramod Sawant.jpg|75px]]
| 19 March 2019
|-
|[[Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly|Speaker of Vidhan Sabha, Goa]]
|'''[[Ramesh Tawadkar]]''' 
|
|29 March 2022
|-
|[[Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker Goa Legislative Assembly]]
|'''[[vacant]]'''
|
| 09 April 2022
|-
| Leader of the House Goa Legislative Assembly
|'''[[Pramod Sawant]]'''
|[[File:Dr. Pramod Sawant.jpg|75px]]
| 19 March 2019
|-
| Leader of the Opposition Goa Legislative Assembly
|'''[[Michael Lobo (politician)]]'''
|[[File:Michael V Lobo (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 31 March 2022
|-
| [[Bombay High Court|Chief Justice
Bombay High Court]]
|'''[[Dipankar Datta]]'''
|
| 28 April 2020
|-
| Chief Secretary of Goa
|'''Puneet Kumar Goel'''
|
| NA
|-
|}<section end="Parties and leaders"/>

==Executive branches==
===Governor===
{{Main|Governors of Goa}}
{{See also|List of chief ministers of Goa}}
===Goa Council of Ministers===
{{transcluded section|source=Second Pramod Sawant ministry}}
{{#section:Second Pramod Sawant ministry|2022 Goa Council of Ministers}}

==Legislative branch==
{{Main|Goa Legislature}}

==Administrative and Political divisions==
===Administrative===
*[[Districts of Goa]]
*[[Talukas of Goa]]
*[[List of cities and towns in Goa]]
===Political===
*[[List of constituencies of Goa Legislative Assembly]]
*[[North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
*[[South Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)]]

==State insignias==
{{Infobox place symbols
| region = Goa
| country = India
| mammal = ''[[Gaur]]''
| bird = [[Flame-throated bulbul|Ruby Throated Yellow Bulbul]]
| flower = ''[[Jasmine]]''
| tree = ''[[Terminalia elliptica|Matti]]''
| fruit = [[Cashew]]
| fish =[[Flathead grey mullet|Grey mullet]]
| language = [[Konkani]]
}}
{{Main|Seal of Goa}}

==Elections==
{{main|Elections in Goa}}

==Politics==
{{main|Politics of Goa}}{{empty section|date=June 2022}}

== See also ==
* [[Pramod Sawant ministry]]
* [[Third Parrikar ministry]]
* [[Parsekar ministry]]
* [[Second Parrikar ministry]]
* [[Kamat ministry]]
* [[Fifth Pratapsingh Rane ministry]]
* [[First Parrikar ministry]]
* [[Sardinha ministry]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}
==References==
{{reflist|refs=

<ref name="Swearing 24 March 2022">{{cite news |title=Swearing-in of Pramod Sawant as Goa CM on March 28, he inspects venue |url=https://theprint.in/india/swearing-in-of-pramod-sawant-as-goa-cm-on-march-28-he-inspects-venue/887281/ |access-date=25 March 2022 |work=ThePrint |date=24 March 2022}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{cite web |title=Departments {{!}} Government of Goa |url=https://www.goa.gov.in/departments/ |website=Government of Goa {{!}} Official Portal |access-date=5 April 2022}}

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