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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 state affairs.

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Functioning privy councils

  •  Belgium: Crown Council of Belgium
  •  Bhutan: Privy Council of Bhutan
  •  Brunei: Privy Council of Brunei
  •  Canada: Queen's Privy Council for Canada
  •  Cambodia: Supreme Privy Council of His Majesty the King of Cambodia
  •  Denmark: Danish Council of State
  •  Norway: Norwegian Council of State
  •  Netherlands: Dutch Council of State
  •  Thailand: Privy Council of Thailand
  •  Tonga: Privy Council of Tonga
  •  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
  •  Australia: Federal Executive Council (Australia)
  • Executive Council of Queensland
  • Executive Council of New South Wales
  • Executive Council of Tasmania
  • Executive Council of South Australia
  • Executive Council of Western Australia
  • Executive Council of Victoria
  •  New Zealand: Executive Council of New Zealand
  • Cabinet Committee of the Executive Council; the New Zealand Cabinet

    • Former or dormant privy councils

  •  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)
  •  Burma: Byedaik (abolished 1885)
  •  China: Grand Council (abolished 1898)
  •  England: Privy Council of England (in 1707 merged into the Privy Council of Great Britain)
  •  Ethiopia: Crown Council of Ethiopia (abolished 1974, revived in pretence 1987)
  •  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)
  •  Greece: Council of State, initially established as a Privy council by King Otto in 1835 (abolished in 1865, re-established in 1929 as the senior administrative court of Greece.
  • 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)
  •  Japan: Privy Council of Japan (abolished 1947)
  •  Laos: King's Council (Laos) (monarchy abolished 1975)
  •  Northern Ireland: Privy Council of Northern Ireland (made dormant 1972)
  •  Portugal: His Most Faithful Majesty's Council (monarchy abolished in 1910)
  •  Russia: Supreme Privy Council (abolished 1730)
  •  Scotland: Privy Council of Scotland (abolished on 1 May 1708, replaced by the Privy Council of Great Britain)
  •  Sweden: Privy Council of Sweden (abolished 1789)
  •  Thailand: Supreme Council of State of Siam (abolished 1932)

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