Privy council
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A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on affairs of state.
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Privy councils[edit]
Functioning privy councils[edit]
Bhutan: Privy Council of Bhutan
Brunei: Privy Council of Brunei
Canada: Queen's Privy Council for Canada
Denmark: Danish Council of State
Jamaica: Privy Council of Jamaica
Norway: Norwegian Council of State
Netherlands: Dutch Council of State
Thailand: Privy Council of Thailand
Tonga: Privy Council of Tonga
Uganda: Privy Councillor of the Royal Household of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom
- Herold Privy Councillor of the Royal Office of Orders, Honours and Awards Affairs of the Royal Household of the Bunyoro-Kitara Kingdom
United Kingdom: Her Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council
- Cabinet Committee of the Privy Council; the Cabinet of the United Kingdom
- Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
- Privy Council Office
New Zealand: Executive Council of New Zealand
- Cabinet Committee of the Executive Council; the New Zealand Cabinet
Non-functioning privy council[edit]
Northern Ireland: Privy Council of Northern Ireland: Created 1922, has not met since 1973
Former privy councils[edit]
Australia: Privy Council (formally the highest court of appeal for Australia, abolished in 1986)
Brazil: His Imperial Majesty's Council (honorific title, some members were part of the Council of Ministers or the Council of State, abolished by a coup in 1889)[1]
Burma: Byedaik (abolished 1885)
China: Grand Council (abolished 1898)
England: Privy Council of England (in 1707 merged into the Privy Council of Great Britain)
France: Conseil du Roi (abolished 1799 and replaced by the Conseil d'État)
Germany: Geheimrat (abolished 1918 and replaced with the State Council 1919-1933, and the Federal Council from 1949)
Hanover: Privy Council of Hanover (abolished 1866)
Kingdom of Hawaii: (Kingdom of Hawaii overthrown 1893)
Kingdom of Ireland (and later United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): Privy Council of Ireland (retained following the coming into effect of the Act of Union 1800, but dormant from 1922)- Northern Ireland: Privy Council of Northern Ireland (made dormant 1972)
Portugal: His Most Faithful Majesty's Council (monarchy abolished in 1910)
Japan: Privy Council of Japan (abolished 1947)
Russia: Supreme Privy Council (abolished 1730)
Scotland: Privy Council of Scotland (abolished on 1 May 1708, replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain)- Thailand: Supreme Council of State of Siam (abolished 1932)
Sweden: Privy Council of Sweden (abolished 1789)
