Council of Ministers

American

noun

the policy-making body of the European Economic Community, representing all the member nations.
(sometimes lowercase) the highest administrative body of various countries, usually serving in an advisory capacity to the chief executive; cabinet.

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Speaking on Italy's Radio 24, the secretary of Italy's Council of Ministers, Alfredo Mantovano, said the risks from the tanker were "enormous" and warned that it could "explode at any moment".

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

The national team's performance at the Africa Cup of Nations was reviewed by the Council of Ministers following Sunday's 3-2 defeat to 102nd-ranked Mozambique, which meant that Gabon could not progress to the knock-out stages.

From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026

“The President of the Republic informed the Council of Ministers of the setting of the date of the presidential election for Sunday March 24, 2024,” government spokesperson Abdou Karim Fofana said in the statement.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 6, 2024

"Today, at the Council of Ministers, we adopted the minimum hourly rate, which in 2024 will be 27.70 zlotys," Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a news conference.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2023

Congress and the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. to fund a search for extraterrestrial intelligence is the hard part.'

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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