governing body

A governing body is an organized group of individuals with the authority and responsibility to make decisions, set policies, and oversee the direction and management of an institution, community, or state.

Observed surface forms (178)

• public body ×71
• public authority ×67
• sports governing body ×67
• local government body ×66
• executive body ×57
• administrative body ×55
• decision-making body ×53
• government body ×36
• board of directors ×26
• international organization body ×26

• directorate ×22
• group of people ×20
• elected body ×19
• local governing body ×17
• representative body ×15
• municipal corporation ×13
• WTO body ×11
• leadership body ×10
• board of governors ×9
• executive board ×9
• ice hockey governing body ×9
• municipal governing body ×9
• governing board ×8
• plenary organ ×8
• policy-making body ×8
• principal council ×8
• governance body ×6
• principal organ of an international organization ×6
• supreme decision-making body ×6
• central administrative body ×5
• collegial body ×5
• elected governing body ×5
• plenary body ×5
• policy development body ×5
• principal organ ×5
• treaty body ×5
• colonial governing body ×4
• corporate governing body ×4
• government board ×4
• judicial administrative body ×4
• municipal executive body ×4
• museum governing body ×4
• nonprofit governing board ×4
• oversight board ×4
• securities regulator ×4
• state organ ×4
• billing authority ×3
• board member ×3
• decision‑making body ×3
• executive branch body ×3
• executive governing body ×3
• government oversight body ×3
• monitoring body ×3
• national university sports governing body ×3
• organizational board ×3
• organizational council ×3
• organizational leadership body ×3
• principal decision-making body ×3
• professional regulatory body ×3
• sports governance document ×3
• French government body ×2
• Nuclear policy body ×2
• UNHCR governing body ×2
• collective decision-making body ×2
• collective leadership body ×2
• decision-making organ ×2
• educational governing body ×2
• federal body ×2
• fiduciary body ×2
• governing authority ×2
• governing body meeting ×2
• governing body subgroup ×2
• government agency board ×2
• management board ×2
• municipal government body ×2
• nonprofit governing body ×2
• party administrative body ×2
• plenary organ of an international organization ×2
• political affairs body ×2
• principal political decision-making body of NATO ×2
• senior governing body ×2
• sports governance body ×2
• sports governing body committee ×2
• statutory board ×2
• Allied administrative body ×1
• Central bank governing board ×1
• Decision-making body ×1
• Decision‑making body ×1
• Internet governance body ×1
• Masonic body ×1
• Python governance mechanism ×1
• Sports governing body ×1
• UK government organisation ×1
• UN charter body ×1
• UN governing body ×1
• WIPO governing body ×1
• academic governance body ×1
• arm’s-length body ×1
• bipartisan body ×1
• central bank governing board ×1
• central governing body of the Catholic Church ×1
• collective head of government ×1
• collective leadership organ ×1
• collegial executive body ×1
• controlling ownership entity ×1
• custodial authority ×1
• data governance office ×1
• drug control body ×1
• elected local body ×1
• elected representative body ×1
• environmental governance body ×1
• environmental governance framework ×1
• executive decision-making body ×1
• faculty governance body ×1
• faculty governing body ×1
• federally appointed body ×1
• financial administrative body ×1
• gaming commission ×1
• governance body of the European Higher Education Area ×1
• governance framework ×1
• governing academic body ×1
• governing authority in professional sports ×1
• governing body committee of Jehovah’s Witnesses ×1
• governing body of a university ×1
• governing body of an international financial institution ×1
• governing body of canons ×1
• governing committee ×1
• governing corporation ×1
• governing institution ×1
• governmental council ×1
• internal decision-making body ×1
• judicial administration body ×1
• labor relations authority ×1
• leadership group ×1
• legislative leadership body ×1
• maritime regulatory agency ×1
• national leadership body ×1
• national policy-making body ×1
• national representative body ×1
• naval administration body ×1
• nuclear policy coordination body ×1
• occupation authority organ ×1
• open source project governance body ×1
• organizational management body ×1
• oversight office ×1
• oversight organ ×1
• party control body ×1
• party oversight body ×1
• permanent organ ×1
• permanent working body ×1
• policy-setting body ×1
• principal governing body ×1
• principal governing body of the Pan American Health Organization ×1
• principal political body of an international organization ×1
• private governing body ×1
• provincial governing body ×1
• provisional governing body ×1
• public agency board ×1
• public transit agency governing board ×1
• public transit governing board ×1
• rebel governing body ×1
• regional governmental body ×1
• religious governing body ×1
• representative body of local and regional authorities ×1
• ruling body ×1
• sectoral policy body ×1
• state government body ×1
• statutory authority board ×1
• strategic leadership body ×1
• strategic oversight body ×1
• supreme body of the Chinese Communist Party ×1
• supreme policymaking body ×1
• top decision-making body ×1
• top decision-making body of the People’s Republic of China ×1
• trade union governing body ×1
• traditional leadership body ×1
• treaty-based body ×1
• volunteer leadership body ×1

Instances (976)

• WAFU via concept surface "sports governing body"
• ANFP via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Internet Activities Board via concept surface "Internet governance body"
• LERU Rectors’ Assembly
• LERU Policy Committee via concept surface "governance body"
• Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Government of South Australia via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of Visitors
  surface form: Board of Visitors (Virginia Military Institute)
• Stanley Cup trustees via concept surface "sports governance body"
• Springfield City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Ministry of Investment of Egypt via concept surface "public body"
• People's Assembly of Syria via concept surface "government body"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (IFC)
• Board of Directors
  surface form: Board of Directors of the International Finance Corporation
• Virginia state government via concept surface "public authority"
• Medina City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Dean and Chapter of Durham Cathedral
• forty-niners via concept surface "group of people"
• ISO Central Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
• Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba
• California Ocean Protection Council via concept surface "state government body"
• Government of Iowa via concept surface "public authority"
• Board of Trustees
  surface form: Board of Trustees of Carleton College
• FCB via concept surface "sports governing body"
• World Baseball Softball Confederation
• Lords Commissioners of the Treasury via concept surface "collegial body"
• UAE Supreme Petroleum Council via concept surface "government body"
• Bhilwara via concept surface "municipal corporation"
• DNC Executive Committee
• Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR via concept surface "state organ"
• National Institute for Health and Care Research via concept surface "public body"
• People’s Municipal Assembly of Algiers via concept surface "local government body"
• San Mateo County Board of Supervisors via concept surface "local governing body"
• Clay County Commission via concept surface "elected body"
• Connecticut General Assembly via concept surface "public body"
• University Council
  surface form: University Council (Lancaster University)
• Newton School Committee via concept surface "elected body"
• French National Convention
• Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region via concept surface "public authority"
• Government of Uttar Pradesh via concept surface "government body"
• Androscoggin County Commissioners via concept surface "elected governing body"
• National Assembly of Laos via concept surface "government body"
• County School Board of Prince Edward County via concept surface "local government body"
• Legislative Assembly of the Azores via concept surface "public body"
• Island Council of Tristan da Cunha via concept surface "local government body"
• Office of Court Management via concept surface "judicial administrative body"
• Office of the Chief Data Officer of GSA via concept surface "data governance office"
• Office of the President of Ukraine via concept surface "executive body"
• City of Fairfax City Council via concept surface "local government body"
• Nobel Prize laureates via concept surface "group of people"