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)

• Queensland Rugby Union via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales via concept surface "public body"
• National Galleries of Scotland via concept surface "public body"
• Board of Governors
  surface form: Board of Governors (American Red Cross)
• Council for Trade in Services via concept surface "WTO body"
• Servicio Electoral de Chile via concept surface "public body"
• Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission via concept surface "drug control body"
• Birmingham City Council via concept surface "principal council"
• Board of Overseers
• Pennsylvania General Assembly via concept surface "public body"
• Board of Trustees
  surface form: Board of Trustees of the University of Notre Dame
• Central Bank Council via concept surface "decision-making body"
• DESA via concept surface "international organization body"
  surface form: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
• Board of Trustees of Champaign–Urbana Mass Transit District
• Party Congress
• Polish deportees in the USSR via concept surface "group of people"
• NatureScot via concept surface "public body"
• Faroese Language Council via concept surface "public body"
• Council of State via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: Council of State (Finland)
• Jewish People’s Council via concept surface "representative body"
• CSP via concept surface "international organization body"
  surface form: Conference of the States Parties
• Academic Senate of UC Berkeley via concept surface "faculty governing body"
• West Midlands Combined Authority via concept surface "regional governmental body"
• Board of Governors via concept surface "senior governing body"
  surface form: Board of Governors (University of Manchester)
• Legislative Assembly of Manitoba via concept surface "public body"
• council of chiefs via concept surface "traditional leadership body"
  surface form: Council of Chiefs (Mohawk)
• Royal Audience of Catalonia via concept surface "governing institution"
• Government of Massachusetts via concept surface "public authority"
• WAFF via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Sámediggi (Norway) via concept surface "public body"
• The Jockey Club via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Congress of the Confederation
• Senate via concept surface "public body"
  surface form: Alaska Senate
• UAE Football Association via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Sámediggi (Sweden) via concept surface "public authority"
• PPDC Council
• Conference of the Parties
  surface form: Conference of the Parties (CITES)
• Standing Committee via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: CITES Standing Committee
• Federal Reserve Bank presidents via concept surface "group of people"
• ESO Council
• Board of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile via concept surface "collective leadership body"
• British Horseracing Authority via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Sámediggi (Finland) via concept surface "representative body"
• United Nations Security Council via concept surface "international organization body"
• audit and compliance committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania via concept surface "governing body subgroup"
  surface form: Audit and Compliance Committee of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
• board of regents
• Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State
• Executive Board via concept surface "executive board"
  surface form: Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund
• Standing Committee
  surface form: Standing Committee (NATO Parliamentary Assembly)
• Secretariat via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: Secretariat of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly