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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
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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
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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 (1879–1905) -
Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922) -
Persian Council of State (1858–) -
Poland:
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Polish Kingdom's Council of State (1815-1915)
- Provisional Council of State (1917)
- Polish Council of State (1947–1989)
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Polish Kingdom's Council of State (1815-1915)
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Romanian State Council (1961–1989) -
Siamese Supreme Council of State (1925–1932) -
Swedish Council of State (1809–1974)
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Tunisian Council of State (1959–2014) -
Vietnamese Council of State (1980–1992)
See also
References
- ^ "Definition of COUNCIL OF STATE". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Head of state". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Österreichischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof - English Information". www.vwgh.gv.at. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- ^ "Council of State | Indian government". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2020-04-02.
- ^ "Signing into eresources, The University of Sydney Library". login.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
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