Council of State of Vaud

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cantonal government executive authority

The Council of State of Vaud is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Vaud, serving as its highest executive authority.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Council of State of Vaud canonical	3
Canton of Vaud authorities	1
cantonal administration of Vaud	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3089139 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of State of Vaud
Context triple: [Vaud, executiveBody, Council of State of Vaud]

A. Grand Council of Vaud
The Grand Council of Vaud is the unicameral legislative body of the Swiss canton of Vaud, responsible for making cantonal laws and overseeing the cantonal government.
B. Council of State of Valais
The Council of State of Valais is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Valais, serving as its highest executive authority.
C. Council of State of Neuchâtel
The Council of State of Neuchâtel is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, responsible for its executive administration and policy implementation.
D. Council of State of Geneva
The Council of State of Geneva is the cantonal government of Geneva, serving as its highest executive authority and overseeing the administration and implementation of public policy.
E. Grand Council of Neuchâtel
The Grand Council of Neuchâtel is the unicameral cantonal parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Council of State of Vaud
Target entity description: The Council of State of Vaud is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Vaud, serving as its highest executive authority.

A. Grand Council of Vaud
The Grand Council of Vaud is the unicameral legislative body of the Swiss canton of Vaud, responsible for making cantonal laws and overseeing the cantonal government.
B. Council of State of Valais
The Council of State of Valais is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Valais, serving as its highest executive authority.
C. Council of State of Neuchâtel
The Council of State of Neuchâtel is the cantonal government of the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel, responsible for its executive administration and policy implementation.
D. Council of State of Geneva
The Council of State of Geneva is the cantonal government of Geneva, serving as its highest executive authority and overseeing the administration and implementation of public policy.
E. Grand Council of Neuchâtel
The Grand Council of Neuchâtel is the unicameral cantonal parliament responsible for making laws and overseeing the government in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cantonal government ⓘ executive authority ⓘ
appliesTo	public policy in the canton of Vaud ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	administrative districts of Vaud ⓘ Canton of Vaud ⓘ surface form: canton of Vaud municipalities of the canton of Vaud ⓘ territory of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
capitalOfJurisdiction	Lausanne ⓘ
coatOfArms	coat of arms of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	executive branch of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
country	Switzerland ⓘ
electorate	citizens of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
formsGovernmentWith	Grand Council of Vaud ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Canton of Vaud ⓘ surface form: canton of Vaud
governmentType	collegial executive ⓘ
governs	public services of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	cantonal administration of justice (within cantonal competences) ⓘ cantonal budget of Vaud ⓘ cantonal education policy of Vaud ⓘ cantonal health policy of Vaud ⓘ cantonal police of Vaud ⓘ cantonal transport policy of Vaud ⓘ
hasExecutivePowerOver	cantonal laws of Vaud ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	Council of State of Vaud self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: cantonal administration of Vaud
hasLegalBasis	cantonal constitution of Vaud ⓘ
hasPart	President of the Council of State of Vaud ⓘ members of the Council of State of Vaud ⓘ
hasRole	highest executive authority of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lausanne ⓘ
isAccountableTo	Grand Council of Vaud ⓘ electorate of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
languageOfWork	French ⓘ
legalForm	public law body ⓘ
legislativeBody	Grand Council of Vaud ⓘ
locatedIn	Lausanne ⓘ Canton of Vaud ⓘ surface form: canton of Vaud
locatedInTimeZone	Central European Summer Time ⓘ Central European Time ⓘ
numberOfMembers	7 ⓘ
officeHeldByHeadOfGovernment	President of the Council of State of Vaud ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://www.vd.ch/themes/etat-droit-finances/etat-et-politique/conseil-detat ⓘ
partOf	political system of the canton of Vaud ⓘ
selectionMethod	popular election ⓘ
subdivisionGoverned	Vaud ⓘ
subdivisionTypeGoverned	canton ⓘ
termLength	5 years ⓘ
usesFlag	flag of the canton of Vaud ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Vaud → executiveBody → Council of State of Vaud ⓘ

Canton of Vaud → executiveBody → Council of State of Vaud ⓘ

Broye–Léman region → governingBody → Council of State of Vaud ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canton of Vaud authorities

Grand Council of Vaud → oversees → Council of State of Vaud ⓘ

Council of State of Vaud → hasJurisdictionOver → Council of State of Vaud self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: cantonal administration of Vaud

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