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. 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

 * 🇧🇪 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)
 * (1879–1905)
 * Ottoman Council of State (1868–1922)
 * (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)