# 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
* 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
* East Timorese Council of State is the political advisory body of the President of Timor-Leste
* 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)