High Council

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High Council may refer to:

In fiction:

• 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

In religion:

• High council (Mormonism), a governing body that has existed in the church hierarchy on many 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, a collective Algerian presidency set up by the military in 1992 following the annulled elections in December 1991
• 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 Netherlands, the supreme court of appeal in the Netherlands.