Federal Council may refer to:
Governmental bodies
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Federal Council of Australasia
The Federal Council of Australasia was a forerunner to the current Commonwealth of Australia, though its structure and members were different.
The final (and successful) push for the Federal Council came at a "Convention" on 28 November 1883, wh ...
, a forerunner to the current Commonwealth of Australia
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Federal Council of Austria
The Federal Council (, ) is the upper house of the Austrian Parliament, representing the nine States of Austria at the federal level. As part of a bicameral legislature alongside the National Council, it can be compared with an upper house or ...
, the upper house of the Austrian federal parliament
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Federal Council of Germany, the representation of the 16 Federal States of Germany at the federal level
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Federal Council of the German Empire, the highest legislative body of the German Empire
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Federation Council (Russia)
The Federation Council, unofficially Senate, is the upper house of the Federal Assembly (Russia), Federal Assembly of Russia, with the lower house being the State Duma. It was established by the Constitution of the Russian Federation in 1993 ...
, the upper house of the Russian federal parliament
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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 ...
, the formal body holding executive authority under the Australian Constitution
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Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) is a formal U.S. government interagency body composed of five banking regulators that is "empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms to promote uniformity ...
, a formal inter-agency body of the United States government
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Federal Legislative Council (Malaya), the legislative body of Federation of Malaya
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Federal National Council (United Arab Emirates)
The Federal National Council (FNC) (, ''al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi'') of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in the UAE. The FNC consists of 40 members. Twenty of the members are indirectly elected by the ...
, the legislature of the United Arab Emirates
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Federal Advisory Council
The Federal advisory council or (FAC) is a body composed of representatives chosen by each of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks that "consults with and advises the Board
Board or Boards may refer to:
Flat surface
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, a consultative and advisory body composed of representatives from the US Federal Reserve Banks
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Federal Salary Council, an advisory body of the executive branch of the United States Government
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Federal Supreme Council (United Arab Emirates)
The Federal Supreme Council (), also known as the Supreme Council of Rulers, is the highest constitutional authority in the United Arab Emirates, being the highest legislative and executive body. It replaced the earlier Trucial States Council u ...
, the highest constitutional authority in the United Arab Emirates
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Swiss Federal Council
The Federal Council is the federal cabinet of the Swiss Confederation. Its seven members also serve as the collective head of state and government of Switzerland. Since World War II, the Federal Council is by convention a permanent grand co ...
, the federal government of Switzerland
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Syrian Federal Council, a body of the
Syrian Federation
The Syrian Federation (; ), officially the Federation of the Autonomous States of Syria (), was constituted on 28 June 1922 by High Commissary Henri Gouraud (general), Gouraud. It comprised the States of State of Aleppo, Aleppo, State of Damascus ...
under the
French Mandate
The Mandate for Syria and the Lebanon (; , also referred to as the Levant States; 1923−1946) was a League of Nations mandate founded in the aftermath of the First World War and the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire, concerning the territori ...
Others
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Democratic Alliance Federal Council, the governing and policy-making body of the
Democratic Alliance, the official opposition party in South Africa
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Federal Bar Council, a U.S. lawyers' organization who practice in federal courts within the Second Circuit
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Federal Networking Council Informally established in the early 1990s, the Federal Networking Council (FNC) was later chartered by the US National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Computing, Information and Communications (CCIC) to continue to act as a forum for ...
, chartered by the US National Science and Technology Council's Committee on Computing, Information and Communications (CCIC) to act as a forum for networking collaborations among US federal agencies
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Central Executive Committee (disambiguation) A central executive committee is a governing body with executive power in parties, governments, or private organizations. The term may refer to one of the following:
General
* Central Executive Committee (PAP), the highest ruling committee within ...
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Federation Council (disambiguation) Federation Council may refer to:
* Federation Council (Russia), the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia
* Federation Council (RSFSR) (1990–1991)
* Federation Council (USSR) (1990–1991)
* Federation Council (SFRY) (1963–1974)
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Executive Council (disambiguation) Executive Council may refer to:
Government
* Executive Council (Commonwealth countries), a constitutional organ that exercises executive power and advises the governor
* Executive Council of Bern, the government of the Swiss canton of Bern
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