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)

• Board of Directors of the FDIC
• Quebec City Council
• UNSC via concept surface "international organization body"
• Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania via concept surface "nonprofit governing board"
• Maritime Administration via concept surface "maritime regulatory agency"
• Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women via concept surface "monitoring body"
• National Health Insurance Commission via concept surface "government body"
• Council of Ministers (historically) via concept surface "executive body"
• Government of Puerto Rico via concept surface "public authority"
• Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime via concept surface "public body"
• National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation of Cuba via concept surface "sports governing body"
• Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities via concept surface "monitoring body"
• Council of Ministers of Poland via concept surface "executive body"
• Council of National Security (when convened) via concept surface "governmental council"
• Council of Ministers via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: Council of Ministers of the Second Polish Republic
• General Headquarters of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers via concept surface "Allied administrative body"
• Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System
• Oregon State Land Board via concept surface "government board"
• Rectorate of the University of Havana
• Central Committee of the World Council of Churches
• Board of Directors of the San Mateo County Transit District
• Congress of Local and Regional Authorities via concept surface "representative body of local and regional authorities"
• Conference of International Non-governmental Organisations via concept surface "representative body"
• Summit of Heads of State or Government via concept surface "supreme decision-making body"
• Council of Ministers via concept surface "executive body"
  surface form: Council of Ministers (SADC)
• Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe via concept surface "executive body"
• Board of Directors of NJ Transit
• International Ice Hockey Federation via concept surface "ice hockey governing body"
• Board of the British Library
• Virginia Convention via concept surface "colonial governing body"
• ERC Scientific Council
• Board of Trustees via concept surface "nonprofit governing body"
  surface form: Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago
• House of Burgesses via concept surface "representative body"
• Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses via concept surface "religious governing body"
• Assembly of the International Civil Aviation Organization via concept surface "plenary organ"
• United Nations Environment Assembly via concept surface "environmental governance body"
• Provincial Council of Groningen via concept surface "representative body"
• Court of Directors
• Court of Proprietors
• Board of Control via concept surface "oversight board"
• NFL Competition Committee via concept surface "sports governing body committee"
• Allied Council for Japan via concept surface "occupation authority organ"
• Secretariat-General via concept surface "administrative body"
  surface form: Secretariat-General of the European Commission
• Traverse City Commission via concept surface "municipal governing body"
• General Assembly via concept surface "supreme decision-making body"
  surface form: General Assembly (Commonwealth Games Federation)
• Halden municipal council via concept surface "local government body"
• Cook County Board of Commissioners
• Miami Beach City Commission via concept surface "local government body"
• Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research via concept surface "public body"
• NWO Institutes Organisation via concept surface "public body"