Supreme Council

Supreme Council may refer to:

Culture

• Supreme Council of Antiquities, part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture
• Supreme Council of Ethnic Hellenes, a non-profit organisation in Greece established in 1997

Freemasonry

• Supreme Council, Scottish Rite (Southern Jurisdiction, USA)
• Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Northern Jurisdiction, USA

Religion

• Islamic Supreme Council of America, a Muslim religious organization in the United States
• Supreme Islamic Shia Council, Lebanese Shia high authority in Lebanon
• Supreme Muslim Council, the highest body in charge of Muslim community affairs in Palestine under British control
• Sangha Supreme Council, the governing body of the Buddhist order of Thailand

Military

• Supreme Defence Council (Bahrain), Bahrain's highest defense authority
• Supreme War Council, a central command created by British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to coordinate Allied military strategy during World War I
• Supreme War Council (Japan), a council that was established during the development of representative government in Meiji period Japan

Politics and government

Armenia

• Supreme Council of Armenia, governing body in Armenia

Georgia

• Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia, the first National Parliament of the Republic of Georgia in the post-Soviet era
• Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, a local parliament in Adjara, Georgia

Iraq

• Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, an Iraqi political party

Lebanon

• Supreme Council (Lebanon), a judicial body for trying certain impeachment cases

Kyrgyzstan

• Supreme Council (Kyrgyzstan), the parliament of Kyrgyzstan

Moldova

• Supreme Council (Transnistria), the parliament of Transnistria

Poland

• Supreme National Council, the central civil government of Poland loyal to the Kościuszko Insurrection, created 1794

Romania

• Supreme Council of National Defence (Romania), the autonomous administrative authority in Romania

Siam

• Supreme Council of State of Siam (now defunct), a body of advisors to King Prajadhipok of Siam from 1925 to 1932

Russia and the Soviet Union

• Supreme Privy Council, a body of advisors to Catherine I
• Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the national legislature of the former Soviet Union
• Supreme Soviet of Russia, former national legislature of Russia (1938–1993)

South Korea

• Supreme Council for National Reconstruction, a military junta 1961–1963

Ukraine and Crimea

• Verkhovna Rada, Supreme Council of Ukraine, the parliament of Ukraine
• Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, Supreme Council of Crimea, the parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
• Ukrainian Supreme Liberation Council, a Ukrainian political organisation formed in July 1944
• Supreme Ruthenian Council

United States

• Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a council of the Pennsylvania State government prior to the adoption of the 1790 constitution

United Arab Emirates

• Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates

Yemen

• Supreme Political Council, an executive body formed by Houthi Ansarullah and the General People's Congress to rule Yemen

Other uses

• Supreme Council for Women, Bahrain’s advisory body to the government on women's issues
• Supreme Council of ICT of Iran, the main council in Iran for ICT affairs
• Supreme National Security Council, the National Security Council of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Supreme Economic Council, established at the Paris Peace Conference in February 1919
• Supreme Petroleum Council

See also

• Supreme Electoral Council (disambiguation)
• Supreme Military Council (disambiguation)
• Supreme People's Council (disambiguation)
• Revolutionary Council (disambiguation)
• Soviet (disambiguation)
• The Big Four (World War I), the four top Allied powers of the World War I, also known as the Council of Four