A council of state is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction. It may be the formal name for the cabinet or it may refer to a non-executive advisory body associated with a head of state. In some countries it functions as a supreme administrative court and is sometimes regarded as the equivalent of a privy council.

Modern

  • Belgian Council of State is a judicial and advisory body that assists the executive with obligatory legal advice on each draft law and is the supreme court for administrative justice
  • Chinese State Council is the country's highest executive body
  • Colombian Council of State
  • Cuban Council of State
  • Danish Council of State is similar to a privy council with a largely ceremonial role
  • Dutch Council of State is an advisory body that consists of one or two members of the royal family and other members appointed by the Crown
  • Egyptian Council of State
  • Finnish Government is literally referred to as council of state in Finnish () and Swedish ()
  • French Council of State is a judicial and advisory body. It assists the executive with legal advice and is the supreme court for administrative justice
  • Ghanaian Council of State advises the President of Ghana in the exercise of most of his/her reserve powers
  • Greek Council of State is the supreme administrative court of Greece and also examines all presidential decrees before they are issued
  • Irish Council of State advises the President of Ireland in the exercise of most of his/her reserve powers
  • Italian Council of State is a legal and administrative consultative body that ensures the legality of public administration.
  • Luxembourg Council of State
  • Nigerian Council of State
  • North Carolina Council of State
  • Norwegian Council of State
  • South Korean State Council is a national council constituted by South Korean cabinet, constitutionally empowered to deliberate important policies of executive branch of South Korean government
  • Spanish Council of State
  • Swedish Council of State (1975-present)
  • Philippine Council of State
  • Portuguese Council of State is an advisory body of the President of the Republic
  • Thai Council of State advises the executive branch on legal matters and until the establishment of the administrative courts in 1999, it also served as the supreme administrative court
  • East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of Timor-Leste
  • Turkish Council of State is the supreme court for administrative justice

Defunct

  • Brazilian Empire's Council of State (1822–1889)
  • Council of State of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988)
  • Council of State of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1981–1993)
  • Chilean Council of State (1976–1980)
  • English Council of State (1649–1660)
  • State Council of the German Democratic Republic (1960–1990)
  • Indian Council of State (1919–1947)
  • Ethiopian Council of State (1987–1991)
  • Israeli Provisional State Council (1948–1949)
  • Japanese Great Council of State (689–1885)
  • Liberian Council of State was an interim governing body in the mid-1990s
  • Manchukuon General Affairs State Council (1934–1945)
  • (1879–1905)
  • Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922)
  • (1858–)
  • Poland:
  • Polish Kingdom's Council of State (1815-1915)
  • Provisional Council of State (1917)
  • Polish Council of State (1947–1989)
  • Romanian State Council (1961–1989)
  • Siamese Supreme Council of State (1925–1932)
  • Swedish Council of State (1809–1974)
  • Tunisian Council of State (1959–2014)
  • Vietnamese Council of State (1980–1992)

See also

  • Council of State Governments
  • State Council
  • Council of Ministers
  • Privy council
  • Counsellor of State

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