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A Council of State is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction.[1] 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.[2] In some countries it functions as a supreme administrative court[3] and is sometimes regarded as the equivalent of a privy council.[4][5]

Modern[edit]

  • Belgium 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
  • China Chinese State Council is the country's highest administrative body
  • Colombia Colombian Council of State
  • Cuba Cuban Council of State
  • Denmark Danish Council of State is similar to a privy council with a largely ceremonial role
  • Netherlands 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
  • East Timor East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of East Timor
  • Egypt Egyptian Council of State
  • Finland Finnish Government is literally referred to as council of state in Finnish (valtioneuvosto) and Swedish (statsrådet)
  • France 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
  • Ghana 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
  • Spanish Council of State
  • 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
  • Turkish Council of State is the supreme court for administrative justice

Defunct[edit]

  • Brazilian Empire's Council of State (1822–1889)
  • 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)
  • Montenegrin Council of State [sr] (1879–1905)
  • Ottoman Council of State [tr] (1868–1922)
  • 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)
  • Vietnamese Council of State (1980–1992)

See also[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Definition of COUNCIL OF STATE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  2. ^ "Head of state". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  3. ^ "Österreichischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof - English Information". www.vwgh.gv.at. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
  4. ^ "Council of State | Indian government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
  5. ^ "Signing into eresources, The University of Sydney Library". login.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-04-07.