General council may refer to:

Education

* General council (Scottish university), an advisory body to each of the ancient universities of Scotland *

General Council of the University of St Andrews The General Council of the University of St Andrews is the corporate body of all graduates and senior academics of the University of St Andrews in Scotland. It was instituted by the Universities (Scotland) Act 1858, but its constitution and orga ...

, the corporate body of all graduates and senior academics of the University of St Andrews

Medicine

General Dental Council The General Dental Council (GDC) is an organisation which regulates dental professionals in the United Kingdom. It keeps an up-to-date register of all qualified dentists and other dental care professionals such as: dental hygienists, dental ther ...

, a United Kingdom organisation which regulates all dental professionals in the country * General Medical Council, the regulator of the medical profession in the United Kingdom *

General Optical Council The General Optical Council (GOC) is an organisation in the United Kingdom which maintains a register of opticians and regulates the services provided by dispensing opticians and optometrists. The stated function of the GOC is "''to protect the p ...

, an organisation in the United Kingdom that regulates opticians and optometrists

Politics and government

* Crow Tribal General Council, a tribal assembly comprising all enrolled members of the Crow Nation *

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, the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest * General councils of France, the legislative bodies of the departments of France, which since March 2015 are officially called Departmental Councils (French: Conseils départementaux, sing. Conseil départemental) * General Council of the Judicial Power of Spain, the autonomous institution which governs all the judicial instances of Spain *

General Council of Mayotte The Departmental Council of Mayotte (french: Conseil départemental de Mayotte) is the local authority overseeing the Department of Mayotte. The legislative branch is composed of the council itself acting as a deliberative assembly, while the ex ...

, a legislature *

General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The Territorial Council (french: Conseil territorial) is the legislative branch of the government of the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It was previously known as the ''General Council'' (french: Conseil général), but the nam ...

, a dependency legislature *

General Council of Scotland General Council in medieval Scotland was a sister institution to parliament that existed between the late fourteenth century and the early sixteenth century. It has been argued to be almost indistinguishable from parliament, and has always been tr ...

, late 14th century - early 16th century, a sister institution to the Scots Parliament *

General Council (Andorra) The General Council ( ca, Consell General d'Andorra, ) is the unicameral parliament of Andorra. It is sometimes referred to as the General Council of the Valleys (Catalan: ''Consell General de les Valls'') because it was the historical name ...

, the unicameral parliament of Andorra *

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council ( it, Consiglio Grande e Generale) is the parliament of San Marino. The council has 60 members elected for a five-year term. History From the fifth century San Marino was ruled by an assembly composed by all t ...

, the parliament of San Marino

Trade

General Council (TUC) The General Council of the Trades Union Congress is an elected body which is responsible for carrying out the policies agreed at the annual British Trade Union Congresses (TUC). Organisation The council has 56 members, all of whom must be proposed ...

, a decision body of the Trades Union Congress which meets every two months *

General Council (WTO) The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. With effective cooperation in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...

, the highest decision-making body after the Ministerial Conference in the World Trade Organization

Religion

General council (Christianity) An ecumenical council, also called general council, is a meeting of bishops and other church authorities to consider and rule on questions of Christian doctrine, administration, discipline, and other matters in which those entitled to vote are ...

, a meeting of the bishops of a whole church convened to discuss and settle matters of church doctrine *

General Council of the Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God USA (AG), officially the General Council of the Assemblies of God, is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in the United States founded in 1914 during a meeting of white Pentecostal ministers at Hot Springs, Arkansas (with e ...

, the formal name of a Pentecostal denomination. *

General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America The General Council of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, or, in brief, the General Council was a conservative Lutheran church body, formed as a reaction against the new "Americanized Lutheranism" of Samuel Simon Schmucker and the E ...

, in existence from 1867 to 1918

Other

General Social Care Council The General Social Care Council (GSCC) was a non-departmental public body of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom which was the regulator of social workers and social work students in England between 2001 and 2012. It set down codes of ...