Governor of Minnesota

The Governor of Minnesota is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Minnesota, leading the state's executive branch. Thirty-nine different people have been governor of the state. State governors are elected to office by popular vote. The current governor of Minnesota is Democratic Tim Walz.

The governor has a cabinet consisting of the leaders of various state departments. The governor appoints these department heads, who are usually called commissioners. Cabinet-level departments include:

• Department of Administration
• Department of Agriculture
• Department of Commerce
• Department of Corrections
• Department of Education
• Department of Employee Relations
• Department of Employment and Economic Development
• Department of Finance
• Department of Health
• Department of Human Rights
• Department of Human Services
• Iron Range Resources (Also known as the IRRB [pronounced "eye-triple-r-b"])
• Department of Labor and Industry
• Bureau of Mediation Services
• Metropolitan Council
• Department of Military Affairs
• Minnesota Higher Education Services Office
• Minnesota Housing Finance Agency
• Department of Natural Resources
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Department of Public Safety
• Department of Revenue
• Department of Transportation
• Department of Veterans Affairs

The Minnesota Governor's Residence is located in Saint Paul, at 1006 Summit Avenue.

• Henry Hastings Sibley, the first Governor of Minnesota
• Alexander Ramsey, the second Governor of Minnesota
• Harold Stassen, the 25th Governor of Minnesota
• Arne Carlson, the 37th Governor of Minnesota
• Jesse Ventura, the 38th Governor of Minnesota
• Tim Pawlenty, the 39th Governor of Minnesota
• Mark Dayton, the 40th Governor of Minnesota
• Tim Walz, the 41st and current Governor of Minnesota

• Website of the governor and lieutenant governor Archived 2020-06-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Minnesota Constitution, Article V Archived 2010-07-29 at the Wayback Machine