Politics
- Coorg National Council, a political party in the Indian state of Karnataka
- Estonian National Council, one of the oldest and largest Estonian central organisations in Sweden
- Garo National Council, a political party in Meghalaya
- Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a Sunni Arab political party initially established as an umbrella organization of approximately 10 smaller Sunni parties to take part in the 2005 Iraqi Constitution drafting process
- National Advisory Council, an advisory body set up to monitor the implementation of the UPA government's manifesto
- National Councils in Poland existed from 1952 till the end of the People's Republic of Poland as local government institutions
- National Council for the Defense of Democracy, a former ethnic Hutu rebel group that now functions as a political party in Burundi
- National Council of La Raza, a non-profit, non-partisan political advocacy group in the United States
- National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, a Nigerian political party from 1944 to 1966
- National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exile organisation
- National Council of the Union of Burma, a liberal resistance organisation in Burma
- National Council of Venezuelan Indians, a political party in Venezuela
- National Council of Women's Organizations, an American non-profit political organization headed by Martha Burk
- National Electoral Council (Venezuela), the institution in charge of all electoral processes that take place in Venezuela
- National Operations Council, an emergency administrative body which attempted to restore law and order in Malaysia after the May 13 Incident in 1969
- National Peace Keeping Council, a Thai military junta that overthrew the civilian elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in 1991
- United African National Council, a party led by Abel Muzorewa
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