Council of state
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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. 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
- 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 executive 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
- 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
- Greece Greek Council of State is the supreme administrative court of Greece and also examines all presidential decrees before they are issued
- Republic of Ireland Irish Council of State advises the President of Ireland in the exercise of most of his/her reserve powers
- Italy Italian Council of State is a legal and administrative consultative body that ensures the legality of public administration.
- Luxembourg Luxembourg Council of State
- Nigeria Nigerian Council of State
- North Carolina North Carolina Council of State
- Norway Norwegian Council of State
- South Korea 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
- Spain Spanish Council of State
- Sweden Swedish Council of State (1975-present)
- Philippines Philippine Council of State
- Portugal Portuguese Council of State is an advisory body of the President of the Republic
- Thailand 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
- Timor-Leste East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of Timor-Leste
- Turkey Turkish Council of State is the supreme court for administrative justice
Defunct
- Empire of Brazil Brazilian Empire's Council of State (1822–1889)
- Myanmar Council of State of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988)
- Cambodia Council of State of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1981–1993)
- Chile Chilean Council of State (1976–1980)
- Commonwealth of England English Council of State (1649–1660)
- East Germany State Council of the German Democratic Republic (1960–1990)
- British Raj Indian Council of State (1919–1947)
- Ethiopia Ethiopian Council of State (1987–1991)
- Israel Israeli Provisional State Council (1948–1949)
- Empire of Japan Japanese Great Council of State (689–1885)
- Liberia Liberian Council of State was an interim governing body in the mid-1990s
- Manchukuo Manchukuon General Affairs State Council (1934–1945)
- Principality of Montenegro Montenegrin Council of State[sr] (1879–1905)
- Ottoman Empire Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922)
- Qajar Iran Persian Council of State[fa] (1858–)
- Poland Poland: Polish Kingdom's Council of State (1815-1915) Poland Provisional Council of State (1917) Polish Council of State (1947–1989)
- Romania Romanian State Council (1961–1989)
- Thailand Siamese Supreme Council of State (1925–1932)
- Sweden Swedish Council of State (1809–1974)
- Tunisia Tunisian Council of State (1959–2014)
- Vietnam Vietnamese Council of State (1980–1992)