Statenraad
Statenraad, literally “State Council” in Dutch, is a political term used to denote a council that brings together representatives of provincial estates and provides advisory or shared governance functions in Dutch-speaking regions. The concept appears in historical contexts of the Low Countries, where a Statenraad operated within layered governance under central authorities. Its exact composition and powers varied by territory and era, but the Statenraad generally reflected how provincial interests were represented in relation to the sovereign and central administration.
In the late medieval and early modern period, the Statenraad existed alongside other councils as part of
In contemporary Dutch-language governance, the term Statenraad is largely historical. Today the Netherlands maintains the Raad
See also: Raad van State; Provinciale Staten; Staten-Generaal.