Governing body may refer to:
- Education
- The governing body of a school in England, Northern Ireland or Wales, composed of school governors
- Board of education, the governing body of a school or higher administrative level
- University Court, the governing body of a university in Scotland
- Religion
- The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses
- Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness
- Governing Bodies of the Conference of European Churches
- Others
- Sport governing body, a regulating authority for sports
- Board of governors, the governing body of a public institution
- Board of directors, the governing body of a company
Famous quotes containing the words governing and/or body:
“... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ...”
—Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)
“The origin of storms is not in clouds,
our lightning strikes when the earth rises,
spillways free authentic power:
dead John Brown’s body walking from a tunnel
to break the armored and concluded mind.”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)