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Head of government of the U.S. state of Michigan

This article is about the position of Governor of Michigan. For individual Michigan governors, see List of governors of Michigan.

The governor of Michigan is the head of government, and chief executive of the U.S.

state of Michigan. The current governor is Gretchen Whitmer, a member of the Democratic Party, who was inaugurated on January 1, 2019, as the state's 49th governor. She was re-elected to serve a second term in 2022.^[3] The governor is elected to a four-year term and is limited to two terms.

Qualifications

Governors of Michigan, as well as their lieutenant governors, must be United States citizens who have been qualified electors in Michigan for the four years preceding election and must be at least 30 years of age.^[4] A constitutional amendment adopted at the 2010 general election provides that a person is ineligible for any elected office, including governor and lieutenan