State Council may refer to:

Government

  • State Council of China, the national cabinet and chief administrative authority of China, headed by the Premier
  • State Council, the national cabinet of South Korea, headed by the President
  • Council of State of Norway, the Cabinet of Norway, led by the Prime Minister of Norway.

Legislature

  • State Council of Crimea, the legislative branch of the Republic of Crimea

Advisory body

  • State Council (Russia), advisory body to the President of Russia

Former organizations

  • State Council of the Soviet Union, the chief administrative authority in the final days of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
  • (中華民國國務院), the chief executive authority and national cabinet of the Beijing-based Beiyang government of the Republic of China
  • State Council of the Republic of China, the supreme authority of the Nanjing-based national government of the Republic of China
  • Iowa State Council for Defense, the council that approved the official state flag of Iowa
  • State Council (Brunei), former legislative body established under the Supplementary Treaty of 1905/1906
  • State Council of Ceylon, the legislative body created in colonial Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka) under the Donoughmore Constitution
  • State Council of the Russian Empire, the supreme state advisory body to the Tsar in Imperial Russia
  • State Council of Joseon, the highest organ of government under the Joseon Dynasty of Korea
  • State Council (German-Austria), the executive leadership of the Republic of German-Austria, established in the last days of World War I
  • State Council of East Germany, the collective head of state in East Germany from 1960 to 1990.
  • State Council of the Principality of Bulgaria, an organ established by the Second Grand National Assembly that lasted during Alexander's period of authoritarian rule (1881-1883)
  • State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, the highest organ of government in the People's Republic of Bulgaria from 1971 to 1990.
  • State National Council, a communist-controlled, parliament-like body formed in the late stages of the Second World War in German-occupied Warsaw
  • State Council of Romania, the supreme executive authority of the Socialist Republic of Romania from 1961 to 1989.
  • State Council of Slovakia, the upper house of the parliament of the Slovak State (1939–1945)

In military:

  • State Defense Council, the military committee of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  • State Peace and Development Council, the military regime of Myanmar

In other fields:

  • New York State Council on the Arts, an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York
  • Old North State Council, a local council of the Boy Scouts of America that serves the western Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina
  • Seventh-day Adventist Church State Council, a non-profit organization that works to preserve and promote religious freedom

See also

  • Council of State
  • National Council (disambiguation)
  • State Council of Education (disambiguation)
  • State councillor (disambiguation)
  • State Counsel