Council of State of Vaud

The meeting room of the Council of State in the Château Saint-Maire in Lausanne.

The Council of State of the Canton of Vaud (French: Conseil d'État du Canton de Vaud) is the executive organ of the Canton of Vaud, in Switzerland. Vaud has a seven-member Conseil d'État. The responsibilities of the Council of State is to run the administration, submit laws and decrees to the Grand Council, observe a budget and adopt regulations or directives.^[1] Essentially, the Cantons define their own structure within federal regulations. Switzerland consists of twenty-six cantons in which each can influence the federal government.^[2] Vaud is a part of these cantons, and it is the central area connected to high trafficked communication routes in Switzerland.

^ Vaud, The Canton of Vaud (2022). "The Canton of Vaud" (PDF). vd.ch.
^ Weerts, Sophie (2016). "Swiss Cantonal Constitutions as Sources of Law for the Protection of Fundamental Rights". Revue interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques. 77 (2): 77, 179–205. doi:10.3917/riej.077.0179.

[1] Vaud, The Canton of Vaud (2022). "The Canton of Vaud" (PDF). vd.ch.

[2] Weerts, Sophie (2016). "Swiss Cantonal Constitutions as Sources of Law for the Protection of Fundamental Rights". Revue interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques. 77 (2): 77, 179–205. doi:10.3917/riej.077.0179.

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