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.{{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}} 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.{{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}} In some countries it functions as a supreme administrative court{{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}} and is sometimes regarded as the equivalent of a privy council.{{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}}{{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}}
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)