Executive Council may refer to:

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Executive Council (Commonwealth countries) An executive council is a constitutional organ found in a number of Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth countries, where it exercises executive power and (notionally) advises the governor, governor-general, or lieutenant governor, and will typi ...

, a constitutional organ that exercises executive power and advises the governor *

Executive Council of Bern The Executive Council (, ) is the executive of the Swiss canton of Bern. This seven-member collegial body is elected by the people for a period of four years. The cantonal constitution reserves one seat in the Executive Council for a French-spea ...

, the government of the Swiss canton of Bern *

Executive Council of Catalonia The Executive Council of Catalonia () or the Executive Government of Catalonia (Catalan: ) is the executive branch of the Generalitat of Catalonia and its main collective decision-making body. It is responsible for the political action, regul ...

, the government of the Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia * Executive Council of Vojvodina, the government of the Serbian province of Vojvodina *

Executive Council (South Africa) In South Africa, the Executive Council of a province is the cabinet of the provincial government. The Executive Council consists of the Premier and five to ten other members,'' Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996'', Chapter 6: "P ...

, the name of the cabinet in the governments of South African provinces *

Executive Council of Hong Kong The Executive Council of Hong Kong (ExCo) is the Cabinet (government), cabinet of the Government of Hong Kong, acting as a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Hong Kong that serves as a core policy-making organ assisting the c ...

, a council that advises and assists the Chief Executive of Hong Kong *

Executive Council of the Irish Free State The Executive Council () was the cabinet and executive branch of government of the 1922–1937 Irish Free State. Formally, executive power was vested in the Governor-General on behalf of the King. In practice, however, it was the Council that ...

, cabinet and ''de facto'' executive branch of government of the 1922–1937 Irish Free State *

Executive Council of Macau The Executive Council (; ) is a formal body of advisers to the Chief Executive of Macau that serves as a core policy-making organ of the Government of Macau.Article 50, Macau Basic Law Composition The members of Executive Council are appointed ...

, a council that advises and assists the Chief Executive of Macau *

Massachusetts Governor's Council The Massachusetts Governor's Council (also known as the Executive Council) is a governmental body that provides advice and consent in certain matterssuch as judicial nominations, pardons, and commutationsto the Governor of Massachusetts. Council ...

, an executive body of the US state of Massachusetts *

Executive Council of New Hampshire The Executive Council of the State of New Hampshire (colloquially referred to as the Governor's Council) is the executive body of New Hampshire in the United States. The Executive Council advises the Governor on all matters and provides a check o ...

, an executive body of the US state of New Hampshire *

Executive Council of New South Wales The Executive Council of New South Wales (informally and more commonly, the Cabinet of New South Wales) is the cabinet of that Australian state, consisting of the Ministers, presided over by the governor. Role and history The Executive Council ...

, the cabinet of New South Wales, consisting of the Ministers, presided over by the Governor *

Executive Council of New Zealand The Executive Council of New Zealand () is the full group of " responsible advisers" to the governor-general, who advise on state and constitutional affairs. All government ministers must be appointed as executive councillors before they ar ...

, formed by ministers and others under the governor-general *

Executive Council of the African Union The Executive Council Union African Union, formally the Executive Council of Ministers of the Union, is one of the seven institutions of the African Union as described in the Constitutive Act of the African Union. According to the Constitutive Act ...

, a council of ministers designated by the governments of member countries *

Executive Council of Abu Dhabi The Abu Dhabi Executive Council (ADEC) is the local executive authority of the Government of Abu Dhabi for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It assists the ruler of Abu Dhabi in enforcing local and federal decrees and leading the Abu Dhabi government ...

, the local executive authority of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi *

Federal Executive Council (Australia) The Federal Executive Council is a body established by section 62 of the Australian Constitution to advise the governor-general of Australia, Text may be copied from this source, which is available under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY ...

* Federal Executive Council (Nigeria) *

Executive Council of Singapore Executive ( exe., exec., execu.) may refer to: Role or title * Executive, a senior management role in an organization ** Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators ** Executive dir ...

, 1946–1959 ** replaced the

Executive Council of the Straits Settlements An executive council is a constitutional organ found in a number of Commonwealth countries, where it exercises executive power and (notionally) advises the governor, governor-general, or lieutenant governor, and will typically enact decisions thr ...

(c. 1877) and replaced by the Council of Ministers of Singapore (ceased to exist during 1963–1965) * Executive Council of Sikkim, 1953–1974 ** replaced by State Government of Sikkim after joining

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Federal Executive Council (Yugoslavia) The Federal Executive Council (FEC, Serbo-Croatian, ''Savezno izvršno vijeće (SIV)'', Савезно извршно веће (СИВ)) was the executive body of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) responsible for state affairs a ...

Viceroy's Executive Council The Viceroy's Executive Council, formerly known as Council of Four and officially known as the Council of the Governor-General of India (since 1858), was an advisory body and cabinet of the Governor-General of India, also known as Viceroy. It exis ...

, an advisory body during the time of British rule in India * Executive Council, part of the executive branch of the government of Anguilla; see

Politics of Anguilla Politics of Anguilla takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Premier is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Anguilla, the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the L ...

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Alberta College and Technical Institute Student Executive Council The Alberta Students' Executive Council (ASEC) is a provincial student advocacy organization based in Edmonton, Alberta. Membership is open to student associations from any post-secondary institution in Alberta, and ASEC currently includes members ...

, a coalition of college and technical institute students' associations *

Stock Exchange Executive Council The Stock Exchange Executive Council (SEEC; ) of the People's Republic of China was established to improve the efficiency of the securities market in mainland China. According to research by Nottle (1993), the re-emergence of securities markets com ...

, a financial regulation council in the People's Republic of China * Executive Council, the governing body of the

Ghana Football Association The Ghana Football Association (GFA) is the sports governing body, governing body of association football in Ghana, based in the capital city, Accra. Founded in 1957 to replace the Gold Coast (British colony), Gold Coast Football Association whi ...

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