Draco introduced the lot-chosen Council of Four Hundred ( in reality, 401 )— distinct from the Areopagus — which evolved in later constitutions to play a large role in Athenian democracy.

They elected the Council of Four Hundred from among their number ; nine Archons and the Treasurers were drawn from persons possessing an unencumbered property of not less than ten minas, the generals ( strategoi ) and commanders of cavalry ( hipparchoi ) from those who could show an unencumbered property of not less than a hundred minas, and had children born in lawful wedlock over ten years of age.

While there was a Carthaginian Senate, the real power was with the inner " Council of 30 Nobles " and the board of judges from ruling families known as the " Hundred and Four ".

The decisions taken at the conferences of the Council of Four were not made on the basis of consultation or League unanimity as stipulated by the Covenant.

Four of the members of the Assembly form the Executive Council, which devises policy and acts as an advisory body to the Administrator.

Four disputes set the stage for an independent Bishopric of Utrecht: the Concordat of Worms, the First Lateran Council and Fourth Lateran Council, and the concession of Pope Leo X.

Four territorial regions link the Land Forces with the cantons by coordinating territorial tasks inside of their sector and are immediately responsible for the security of their regions, depending only on the decisions of the Federal Council.

Four of the major organizations on campus include the Student Government Association ( SGA ), the Student Activities Board ( SAB ), the Resident Student Association ( RSA ), and Commuter Council.

* 411 BC: The democracy in Athens is overthrown and replaced by the oligarchic Council of Four Hundred.

* The first session of the Jewish Vaad ( Council of Four Lands ) is held in Lublin, Poland ; 70 delegates of Jewish local qahals meet to discuss taxation and other issues important to Jewish communities.

Four Forums were held prior to the Portsmouth Peace Treaty 100th anniversary in the City Council Chambers at Portsmouth City Hall.

Four years later, Photios was to respond on his own part by calling a Council and excommunicating the pope on grounds of heresy – over the question of the double procession of the Holy Spirit.

Ancient sources credit Solon with the creation of a Council of Four Hundred, drawn from the four Athenian tribes to serve as a steering committee for the enlarged Ekklesia.

Four territorial authorities ( Nelson City Council, Tasman and the Marlborough District Councils ) also perform the functions of a regional council and thus are known as unitary authorities.

They began to meet in a smaller group, called the Council of Four, Vittorio Orlando of Italy being the fourth, though less weighty, member.

Another major issue which the Council of Four discussed was the future of the German Saar province.

Baldur's Gate is ruled by four grand dukes, the Council of Four.

However, its rule is high-handed and the Council of Four Hundred is only able to maintain itself for four months.

The first international organization which the Israeli government joined was the International Wheat Council, established as part of Point Four Program in early 1949.

Four members of Kopassus were convicted of the strangulation killing of Theys Eluay, the former chairman of the Papuan Presidium Council.

Four alumni also serve on the Executive Council and are elected at Grand Arch Councils, held during even-numbered years.

During the meetings of the " Council of Four " in 1919, British Prime Minister Lloyd George stated that the McMahon-Hussein Correspondence was a treaty obligation.

Sinnissippi Council served Scouts in south-central Wisconsin and north-central Illinois before it merged with the Madison area Four Lakes Council.

He was elected as first consul of France on 10 November 1799 with the help of his brother, Lucien Bonaparte, and president of the Council of Five Hundred at Saint-Cloud.

The parliament consisted of two houses: the Conseil des Cinq-Cents ( Council of the Five Hundred ), with 500 representatives, and the Conseil des Anciens ( Council of Elders ), with 250 senators.

The parliament consisted of 500 representatives – le Conseil des Cinq-Cents ( the Council of the Five Hundred ) – and 250 senators – le Conseil des Anciens ( the Council of Elders ).

On 10 May Babeuf, who had taken the alias Tissot, was arrested ; many of his associates were gathered by the police on order from Lazare Carnot: among them were Augustin Alexandre Darthé and Philippe Buonarroti, the ex-members of the National Convention, Robert Lindet, Jean-Pierre-André Amar, Marc-Guillaume Alexis Vadier and Jean-Baptiste Drouet, famous as the postmaster of Saint-Menehould who had arrested Louis XVI during the latter's Flight to Varennes, and now a member of the Directory's Council of Five Hundred.

For forty-nine years prior to this, however, the city had a fledgling medical school ( or Estudi General, as the universities were known at that time ), founded by King Martin of Aragon, but neither the Consell de Cent ( Barcelona's Council of One Hundred ) nor the city ’ s other leading institutions had given it their official recognition, considering it an intrusion on their respective jurisdictions.

As president of the Council of Five Hundred — which he removed to the suburban security of Saint-Cloud — Lucien Bonaparte's combination of bravado and disinformation was crucial to the coup d ' état of 18 Brumaire ( date based on the French Revolutionary Calendar ) in which General Bonaparte overthrew the government of the Directory to replace it by the Consulate.

Ivan revised the law code ( known as the sudebnik ), created a standing army ( the streltsy ), established the Zemsky Sobor or assembly of the land, a public, consensus-building assembly, the council of the nobles ( known as the Chosen Council ), and confirmed the position of the Church with the Council of the Hundred Chapters, which unified the rituals and ecclesiastical regulations of the entire country.

* Ephialtes, with the support of Pericles, reduces the power of the Athenian Council of Areopagus ( filled with ex-archons and so a stronghold of oligarchy ) and transfers them to the people, i. e. the Council of Five Hundred, the Assembly and the popular law courts.

Formerly part of the South Erpingham Hundred, Aylsham was, for administrative purposes, absorbed into St. Faiths and Aylsham Rural District Council in 1894 and became part of Broadland District Council in 1974.

In 1770 he was nominated one of the Council of Two Hundred in Geneva.

In 1795, he was elected to the Directory's Council of Five Hundred, but he was not allowed to take his seat.

Under the French Constitution of 1795, qualified property holders elected 750 legislators, who divided themselves into the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients.

The NATO Council is available as an executive agency, the Standing Group as a high military authority.

Lawmaking power is removed from the Board of Estimate and made a partnership responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor.

Their meeting at San Francisco is nominally scheduled as a conference of the California Democratic Council directorate.

This development is reflected in the action taken in February, 1961, by the general board of the National Council of Churches, the largest Protestant organization in the Aj.

Progress will take place far less through what is done in any `` summit conference '' of the National Council or the World Council, or even in offices of the denominational boards, than through what happens in the communities where Christian people live together as neighbors.

Helping foreign countries to build a sound political structure is more important than aiding them economically, E. M. Martin, assistant secretary of state for economic affairs told members of the World Affairs Council Monday night.

`` Meet the Artist '' is the invitation issued by members of the Greater Philadelphia Section of the National Council of Jewish Women as they arrange for an annual exhibit and sale of paintings and sculpture at the Philmont Country Club on April 8 and 9.

The event is the sixth on the annual calendar of the local members of the National Council of Jewish Women.

A Prime Minister is appointed by the Governor-General as the head of government, and of a multi-party system ; the Prime Minister advises the Governor-General on the appointment of a Council of Ministers.

Azerbaijan is a member of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, Euro-Atlantic Partnership ; World Health Organization, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development ; the Council of Europe, CFE Treaty, the Community of Democracies ; the International Monetary Fund ; and the World Bank.

The government's policy toward conscientious objection is in transition, as part of Armenia's accession to the Council of Europe.

Armenia is a member of more than 40 different international organizations including the United Nations, the Council of Europe, the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, NATO's Partnership for Peace, the North Atlantic Cooperation Council, the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the World Trade Organization and La Francophonie.

Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

* 1948 – World Council of Churches is formed.

* 2011 – Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is overthrown after the National Transitional Council forces take control of Bab al-Azizia compound during the 2011 Libyan civil war.

* 1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.

At the Council of Clermont in 1095, Adhemar showed great zeal for the crusade ( there is evidence Urban II had conferred with Adhemar before the council ) and having been named apostolic legate and appointed to lead the crusade by Pope Urban II, he accompanied Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, to the east.

Today its focus is on ethics and it is known as the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to be the voice for ethics in international affairs.

The ACT Government is a member of the Council of Australian Governments.

In its 1982 statement on Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches stated that " the primary manifestation of apostolic succession is to be found in the apostolic tradition of the Church as a whole ….

In addition to his office, the archbishop also holds a number of other positions ; for example, he is Joint President of the Council of Christians and Jews in the United Kingdom.