General council may refer to:

Education

General council (Scottish university) 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 corporate body of all graduates and senior ac ...

, 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 org ...

, 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 General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of physician, medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect, promote and maintain the health and safety of the pu ...

, 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 pu ...

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

Politics and government

Crow Tribal General Council The Crow Tribal General Council, the governing body of the Crow Tribe The Crow, whose Endonym and exonym, autonym is Apsáalooke (), are Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans living primarily in southern Montana. Today, the ...

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

General Council of Bucharest The General Council of Bucharest ( Romanian: ''Consiliul General al Municipiului București'') is the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest, and is made up of 55 councillors elected every four years. Together with the Mayor of Bucha ...

, the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest *

General councils of France The departmental councils ( ; singular, ''conseil départemental'' ) of France are representative assemblies elected by universal suffrage in 98 of the country's 101 departments. Prior to the 2015 French departmental elections they were known ...

, 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 General Council of the Judiciary (, CGPJ) is the national council of the judiciary of Spain. It is the constitutional body that governs all the Judiciary of Spain, such as courts, and judges, as it is established by the Spanish Constitutio ...

, the autonomous institution which governs all the judicial instances of Spain *

General Council of Mayotte The Departmental Council of 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 executive is composed of the President of ...

, a legislature *

General Council of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon The Territorial Council () is the legislative branch of the government of the French territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon. It was previously known as the ''General Council'' (), but the name was changed to Territorial Council by a new French ...

, a dependency legislature *

General Council of Scotland General Council in medieval Scotland was a sister institution to parliament In modern politics and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics ...

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

General Council (Andorra) The General Council (, ) 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 and to distinguish it from si ...

, the unicameral parliament of Andorra *

Grand and General Council The Grand and General Council (; ) is the unicameral 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 the family heads known ...

, 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 Trades 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 headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that g ...

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

Religion

General council (Christianity) 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 corporate body of all graduates and senior ac ...

, 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 and the U.S. branch of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world's largest Pentecostal ...

, 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 ...

, 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 ...