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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

• 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
• East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of East Timor
• Egyptian Council of State
• Finnish Government is literally referred to as council of state in Finnish (valtioneuvosto) and Swedish (statsrådet)
• 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
• 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)
• Montenegrin Council of State [sr] (1879–1905)
• Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922)
• Persian Council of State [fa] (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

References

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