The Tennessee Attorney General is a position within the Tennessee

Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...

 state government

Government

Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

. The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement officer and lawyer for Tennessee. Unlike most states, the Tennessee Attorney General is an officer of the judicial branch, being appointed by the justices of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Tennessee Supreme Court

The Tennessee Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the state of Tennessee. Cornelia Clark is the current Chief Justice.Unlike other states, in which the state attorney general is directly elected or appointed by the governor or state legislature, the Tennessee Supreme Court appoints the...

 rather than the Governor. The current office holder is Robert E. Cooper, Jr.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. is the current Attorney General of the state of Tennessee. A Democrat, Cooper Jr. was appointed by the state supreme court to that position and was sworn in as the 26th Attorney General and Reporter of Tennessee by Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice William M. Barker,...

, who was appointed by the Tennessee Supreme Court for an eight year term in 2006 to fill that position.
Cooper was sworn in and took office as Attorney General and Reporter of Tennessee on November 1, 2006.

External links

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