Arizona State Executive Cabinet

The Executive of Arizona, also known as the Government of Arizona, is the executive branch of the Arizona State Government. The Executive is responsible for executing, or enforcing, the laws of Arizona and the laws of the United States throughout the State. The head of the Executive is the Governor of Arizona; the Governor is both head of state and of government of Arizona.

Office of Governor
The Governor is Arizona's head of state and head of government; all executive power of the State of Arizona is vested in the Office of Governor. The primary responsibilities of the Governor are to enforce the Laws of the State and of the United States, preserving the peace, order, and good government of the State, and protecting the public health, safety, welfare, and morals of its People. Assisted and advised by the heads of departments and various agencies, the Governor ensures that the Law is duly and diligently enforced in the State, and that every Person is guaranteed the equal protection of the Law as well.

Department of State
The Arizona Department of State is the State's foreign and elections ministry, responsible for carrying out the Governor's foreign policy and ensuring the proper functioning of all elections in Arizona. The Department is headed by the Secretary of State, the most senior Cabinet member, second only to the Governor.

Department of Law
The Arizona Department of Law is the legal counsel to the State and to local governments on matters of State and Federal law. The Department is also the State-level prosecutor's office; however, the fifteen County-Attorney offices carry out most of this responsibility: for the most part, the Department of Law would only take on the role of prosecutor in extraordinary circumstances and for extraordinary crimes, such as investigating corruption in one of the County-Attorney offices or investigating corruption in the offices of senior State officers, or prosecuting the crime of treason. The Department of Law is headed by the Attorney-General of Arizona. The AG must be a licensed attorney and have had practiced law in Arizona for at least five Years prior to his appointment to the Office of Attorney-General and have not been convicted of a felony under State law.

Department of Public Safety
The Department of Public Safety is responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the State. However, in practice, much of this responsibility is carried out by the fifteen Sheriff's offices of Arizona and the numerous municipal police departments. The Department of Public Safety are, however, vested with primary jurisdiction over certain, specific offenses, and exclusive enforcement authority over various statutes (primarily those which pertain to immigration, customs, foreign affairs, national security, trans-national crime, arms and human smuggling, white-collar crime, and financial crimes); and is vested with exclusive jurisdiction, both investigative and enforcement, over all State property, State facilities (including State military installations), and State Lands. DPS coordinate with the Department of Emergency and Military Affairs on security matters for Arizona embassies and Arizona ambassadors abroad. DPS is headed by a Secretary of the Department of Public Safety, a position which reports directly to the Governor. The Secretary is a senior member of the Executive (cabinet), and is appointed by the Governor, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Arizona State Senate.

The most important agency of DPS is the Arizona State Police, which is the State-level law enforcement agency. The Arizona State Police have a wide-ranging mandate, however it has delegated many of its responsibilities to county Sheriffs and municipal police departments.

Department of Emergency and Military Affairs
The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs is the Executive department responsible for the civil defense, emergency management, and national defense of the State of Arizona. The Department is subdivided into two divisions, namely the Arizona Division of Emergency Management and the Arizona Department of Defense. The Arizona Department of Defense is composed of the Arizona Land Force, the Arizona Air Force, the Arizona Naval Force, the Arizona Marine Corps, the Arizona Transportation Command, and the Arizona Special Services Command, and various civilian component agencies. The Arizona Division of Emergency Management is responsible for civil defense, and emergency management, which manifests in various forms, ranging from disaster response to continuity of government operations. The Department is headed by a Secretary of Emergency and Military Affairs.

Department of Revenue
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Department of Administration
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Department of Transportation
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Department of Fire, Building, and Life Safety
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Department of Health Services
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Department of Education
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Department of Economic Security
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Department of Weights and Measures
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Department of Agriculture
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Department of Commerce and Industry
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Department of Financial Institutions
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Department of Insurance
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Department of Gaming
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Department of Liquor Licensing
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Department of Corrections
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Department of Real Estate
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Department of Housing
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Department of Veteran Services
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Department of Energy and Critical Infrastructure
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Department of Water Resources
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Department of Land and Natural Resources
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Department of Environmental Quality
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Department of First Nations Affairs
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