Executive
The state executive is the Governor of New Jersey. He heads the executive branch, which is organized into departments, which may not number more than twenty according to the constitution. Temporary commissions may be allocated by law for special purposes outside of the departments. As of 2010, one of the departments may be headed by the Lieutenant Governor of New Jersey.
The Governor is responsible for appointing two constitutionally created officers, the New Jersey Attorney General and the New Jersey Secretary of State, with the approval of the senate.
There are eighteen departments and fifty-six agencies.
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