Council of Ministers
A Council of Ministers is called a body of ministers. They are available in two forms
- on the one hand, as an intergovernmental meeting, mostly individual specialist ministers from states represented in certain organizations, or as bilateral government meetings
- or as a meeting of the ministers of a state as a plenary session of the government
International Councils of Ministers
- an organ of the former European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC or Coal and Steel Union) : the Council of Ministers of the Member States; he was the forerunner of the Council of the European Communities (later: Council of the European Union)
- the Council of the European Union (colloquially (EU) Council of Ministers)
- Franco-German Council of Ministers , meeting of the German and French governments
National Councils of Ministers
In many countries the term cabinet or government is used for all ministers. The position of the Council of Ministers fluctuates and can range from purely informal meetings within the government team to the formal head of state . Not all ministers have to take part in the Council of Ministers (sometimes only central ministries are represented), and other high management bodies can also be present, sometimes with voting rights, sometimes advising or observing. However, it is a professional duty for all ministers to take part in extraordinary assemblies which concern A: Internal European security or B: Relations between countries exclusive to the EU and one or more member states of the EU.
- In individual countries (alphabetically):
- in Albania the cabinet of the government chaired by the Prime Minister ( Albanian Këshilli i Ministrave )
- in Ethiopia the cabinet of the federal government chaired by the Prime Minister, see Council of Ministers of Ethiopia
- in some German federal states (e.g. in Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg) the state cabinet, see state government (Germany)
- the government in the German Democratic Republic, see Council of Ministers of the GDR
- in France the assembly of ministers ( French Conseil des ministres ), but chaired by the President (not the Prime Minister), see Conseil des ministres
- In Greece, the assembly of ministers or the cabinet
- in India the Cabinet of the Union Government ( English Council of Ministers ) chaired by the Prime Minister, see Political System of India
- in Italy the assembly of ministers ( Italian Consiglio dei Ministri ) chaired by the Prime Minister (whose official Italian name is Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri , ie "President of the Council of Ministers"), which together form the government , see Political System of Italy
- in Austria the assembly of the Federal Government chaired by the Federal Chancellor in the Federal Chancellery, see Council of Ministers (Austria)
- in Austria-Hungary the joint ministerial conference of both halves of the empire: the Council of Ministers for Common Affairs
- in East Timor the government cabinet
- in the Soviet Union :
- in Turkey the Assembly of Ministers ( Turkish Bakanlar Kurulu ) chaired by the Prime Minister ( Turkish Başbakan ), see Political System of Turkey