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{{Short description|Executive branch of the Monegasque government}}
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The '''Council of Government''' (French: ''Conseil de gouvernement'') of [[Monaco]] is the [[Prince of Monaco|Prince]]'s [[government|governing body]].
It consists of six members:

[[Minister of State of Monaco|Minister of State]], who chairs the council, and the five members (four counsellors and one delegate); he also has voting rights, and has control of both the [[Police of Monaco|police]] and [[Military of Monaco|military]].

#Counsellor for Internal Affairs,
#[[Department of Finance and Economy (Monaco)|Counsellor for Finance and Economy]],
#Counsellor for Public Works, [[Natural environment|the Environment]] and [[Urban Planning]],
#Counsellor for Social Affairs and [[health]],
#[[Department of External Relations (Monaco)|Counsellor for Foreign Relations and Cooperation. ]]
The Council debates projects and bills proposed to the [[Prince of Monaco|Prince]] by the other governmental councils, executive ordinances approved by the Prince, the Minister of State's [[ministerial decree|ministerial order]]s, and other miscellaneous policy.

==References==
*The Statesman's Yearbook 2024, [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uDvsEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA786#v=onepage&q&f=false p 786]
*Love and O'Brien (eds). Western Europe 2003. 5th Edition. Europa Publications. 2003. pp 450 & [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA453#v=onepage&q&f=false 453].
*Jean-Pierre Gallois. Le régime international de la principauté de Monaco. Éditions A Pedone. Paris. 1964. pp 63 & 65 to 67. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ldSSxBMf0BcC Google].
*Les institutions de la principauté de Monaco. 1975. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XwImAQAAMAAJ Google]. 

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