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Former 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 (abolished 1707, replaced by Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
  • 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 1707, replaced by Privy Council of the United Kingdom)
  • Thailand: Supreme Council of State of Siam (abolished 1932)
  • Sweden: Privy Council of Sweden (abolished 1974; members are now the Cabinet government)

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