Council of state

A '''council of state''' is a governmental body in a country, or a subdivision of a country, with a function that varies by jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/council+of+state|title=Definition of COUNCIL OF STATE|website=www.merriam-webster.com|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/head-of-state|title=Head of state|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> In some countries it functions as a supreme administrative court<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vwgh.gv.at/english.html|title=Österreichischer Verwaltungsgerichtshof - English Information|website=www.vwgh.gv.at|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref> and is sometimes regarded as the equivalent of a privy council.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Council-of-State-Indian-government|title=Council of State {{!}} Indian government|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2020-04-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://login.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au/login?qurl=https://www.cairn.info%2frevue-pouvoirs-2007-4-page-51.htm|title=Signing into eresources, The University of Sydney Library|website=login.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au|access-date=2020-04-07}}</ref>

==Modern== *{{flagicon|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 *{{flagicon|China}} Chinese State Council is the country's highest executive body *{{flagicon|Colombia}} Colombian Council of State *{{flagicon|Cuba}} Cuban Council of State *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Danish Council of State is similar to a privy council with a largely ceremonial role *{{flagicon|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 *{{flagicon|Egypt}} Egyptian Council of State *{{flagicon|Finland}} Finnish Government is literally referred to as council of state in Finnish ({{Lang|fi|valtioneuvosto}}) and Swedish ({{Lang|sv|statsrådet}}) *{{flagicon|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 *{{flagicon|Ghana}} Ghanaian Council of State advises the President of Ghana in the exercise of most of his/her reserve powers *{{flagicon|Greece}} Greek Council of State is the supreme administrative court of Greece and also examines all presidential decrees before they are issued *{{flagicon|Ireland}} Irish Council of State advises the President of Ireland in the exercise of most of his/her reserve powers *{{flagicon|Italy}} Italian Council of State is a legal and administrative consultative body that ensures the legality of public administration. *{{flagicon|Luxembourg}} Luxembourg Council of State *{{flagicon|Nigeria}} Nigerian Council of State *{{flagicon|North Carolina}} North Carolina Council of State *{{flagicon|Norway}} Norwegian Council of State *{{flagicon|KOR}} 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 *{{flagicon|Spain}} Spanish Council of State *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Council of State (1975-present) *{{flagicon|Philippines}} Philippine Council of State *{{flagicon|Portugal}} Portuguese Council of State is an advisory body of the President of the Republic *{{flagicon|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 *{{flagicon|Timor-Leste}} East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of Timor-Leste *{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkish Council of State is the supreme court for administrative justice

==Defunct== *{{flagicon|Empire of Brazil}} Brazilian Empire's Council of State (1822–1889) *{{flagicon|Myanmar|1974}} Council of State of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (1974-1988) *{{flagicon|Cambodia|1979}} Council of State of the People's Republic of Kampuchea (1981–1993) *{{flagicon|Chile}} Chilean Council of State (1976–1980) *{{flagicon|Commonwealth_of_England}} English Council of State (1649–1660) *{{flagicon|East Germany}} State Council of the German Democratic Republic (1960–1990) *{{flagicon|British India}} Indian Council of State (1919–1947) *{{flagicon|Ethiopia|1987}} Ethiopian Council of State (1987–1991) *{{flagicon|Israel}} Israeli Provisional State Council (1948–1949) *{{flagicon|Empire of Japan}} Japanese Great Council of State (689–1885) *{{flagicon|Liberia}} Liberian Council of State was an interim governing body in the mid-1990s *{{flagicon|Manchukuo}} Manchukuon General Affairs State Council (1934–1945) *{{flagicon|Principality_of_Montenegro}} {{Interlanguage link multi|Montenegrin Council of State|sr|3=Државни савјет Краљевине Црне Горе|WD=}} (1879–1905) *{{flagicon|Ottoman_Empire}} Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922) *{{flagicon|Qajar Iran|variant=1849}} {{Interlanguage link multi|Persian Council of State|fa|3=شورای دولتی ایران|WD=}} (1858–) *{{flagicon|Poland|1815}} Poland: **Polish Kingdom's Council of State (1815-1915) {{flagicon|Poland|1928}} **Provisional Council of State (1917) **Polish Council of State (1947–1989) *{{flagicon|Romania}} Romanian State Council (1961–1989) *{{flagicon|Thailand|1916}} Siamese Supreme Council of State (1925–1932) *{{flagicon|Sweden}} Swedish Council of State (1809–1974) *{{flagicon|Tunisia}} Tunisian Council of State (1959–2014) *{{flagicon|Vietnam}} Vietnamese Council of State (1980–1992)

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