Council of state

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
• Rajya Sabha Indian Council of State
• 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