High Council

High Council may refer to:

In fiction:

  • High Council (Halo Game Series), the governmental body of The Covenant faction.
  • High Council (Star Wars), the leadership of the Alliance in the New Jedi Order series
  • High Council of the Landsraad, an inner circle of the Landsraad which arbitrated disputes among Houses in the Dune universe
  • Jedi High Council, an institution from the Star Wars series of films
  • Klingon High Council, the supreme ruling body of the Klingon Empire in the fictional Star Trek universe
  • Asgard High Council. the supreme ruling entity of the Asgard race in the fictional Stargate franchise

In religion:

  • High council (Latter Day Saints), a governing body that has existed in the church hierarchy of many Mormon/Latter Day Saint denominations
  • High Council of B'nei Noah, a group of Noahides who gathered in Israel on Monday January 10, 2006
  • High Council of The Salvation Army, the body made up of the Chief of the Staff, active Commissioners, and active Territorial Commanders

In other fields:

  • High Council of State (Algeria), a collective Algerian presidency set up by the military in 1992 following the annulled elections in December 1991
  • High Council of State (Netherlands)
  • High Judicial and Prosecutorial Council, an institution responsible for many aspects of the judicial system in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Spanish High Council for Scientific Research, a council in Spain
  • High Council of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, charged with the peaceful settlement of disputes.

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