The Hellenic Council of State
The Hellenic Council of State (Symvoulio tis Epikrateias) is the Supreme Administrative Court of Greece. On 31.12.2022, the Court had 166 judges (1 President, 10 Vice-Presidents, 50Councilors, 61 Associate Councilors and 44 Assistant Judges),69% of whom are women (115 out of 166). The Council of State is one of the three supreme courts of Greece, the other two being the Supreme Civil and Criminal Court (Areios Pagos) and the Hellenic Supreme Financial Court (Elegktiko Synedrio), an audit institution auditing the use of public funds.
The judgments of the Council of State provide the highest authority on legal precedent for the lower administrative courts and set the standards for the interpretation of the Constitution and the laws and for the advancement of legal theory and practice. The judgments of the Council of State are final and directly enforceable on the parties.