The Council of State was the upper house of the

legislature A legislature is an deliberative assembly, assembly with the authority to make laws for a Polity, political entity such as a Sovereign state, country or city. They are often contrasted with the Executive (government), executive and Judiciary, ...

for

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

(the

Imperial Legislative Council The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of the British Raj from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Charter Act of 1853 by providing for the addition of 6 additional members to the Governor General Council for legislativ ...

) created by the

Government of India Act 1919 The Government of India Act 1919 (9 & 10 Geo. 5 c. 101) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was passed to expand participation of Indians in the government of India. The Act embodied the reforms recommended in the report of ...

from the old Imperial Legislative Council, implementing the

Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms The Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms or more briefly known as the Mont–Ford Reforms, were introduced by the colonial government to introduce self-governing institutions gradually in British India. The reforms take their name from Edwin Montagu, th ...

. The

Central Legislative Assembly The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council, the legislature of British India. It was created by the Government of India Act 1919, implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. It was also some ...

was the lower house. As a result of Indian independence, the Council of State was dissolved on 14 August 1947 and its place taken by the

Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to frame the Constitution of India. It was elected by the 'Provincial Assembly'. Following India's independence from the British rule in 1947, its members served as the nation's first Parliament as ...

and the

Constituent Assembly of Pakistan The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan ( bn, পাকিস্তান গণপরিষদ, Pākistān Goṇoporishod; ur, , Aāin Sāz Asimblī) was established in August 1947 to frame a constitution for Pakistan. It also served as its first ...

. The Council of State used to meet at the Metcalfe House. The

Viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the French word ''roy'', meaning "k ...

or Governor-General was its ''ex officio'' President.

Composition

1919 to 1937

The Council of States was created by the

. As per this Act, the Council was to have 60 members. The composition was as follows: * Members nominated by the Governor-General (26) ** Officials (20) ** Non-officials (6), one of whom was nominated as the result of an election held in Berar. * Elected members (34) from the provinces of British India: ** General (20): Madras (4), Bombay (3), Bengal (3), United Provinces (3), Punjab (1), Bihar & Orissa (3), Central Provinces (1), Burma (1), Assam (1) ** Muslim (10): Madras (1), Bombay (2), Bengal (2), United Provinces (2), Punjab (2), Bihar & Orissa (1) ** Chamber of Commerce (3): Bombay, Bengal, Burma ** Sikh (1) The province-wise composition was as follows: * Madras (5): General (4), Muslim (1) * Bombay (6): General (3), Muslim (2) (Bombay, Sind), Bombay Chamber of Commerce (1) * Bengal (6): General (3) (East Bengal, West Bengal (2)), Muslim (2) (East Bengal, West Bengal), Bengal Chamber of Commerce (1) * United Provinces (5): General (3) (Central, Northern, Southern), Muslim (2) (West, East) * Punjab (4): General (1), Muslim (2) (East, West), Sikh (1) * Bihar & Orissa (4): General (3), Muslim (1) * Central Provinces (1): General * Burma (2): General (1), Burma Chamber of Commerce (1) * Assam (1): General in rotation with Muslim The Muslim seats of Punjab together with one General seat of Bihar and Orissa alternated to elect 2 seats for every Council of State. The members had a tenure of 5 years. There were no women members. The elected members were voted from an electorate consisting of persons who fulfilled either condition * Paid an annual income tax of Rs. 10,000 or annual land revenue of Rs. 750 * Member of the Senate of any University * Experience in any Legislative Council in India or * Title-holder This electorate consisted of not more than 17,000 of entire population of 24 crores (240,000,000) in 1920. Like the Legislative Assembly, the Council of State had no members elected to represent the

princely states A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

, as they were not part of British India. On 23 December 1919, when King-Emperor George V gave royal assent to the Government of India Act 1919, he also made a proclamation which created the

Chamber of Princes The Chamber of Princes (''Narendra Mandal'') was an institution established in 1920 by a royal proclamation of King-Emperor George V to provide a forum in which the rulers of the princely states of India could voice their needs and aspirations ...

, to provide a forum for the states to use to debate national questions and make their collective views known to the Government of India.

1937 to 1947

The

Government of India Act 1935 The Government of India Act, 1935 was an Act adapted from the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It originally received royal assent in August 1935. It was the longest Act of (British) Parliament ever enacted until the Greater London Authority ...

introduced further reforms. The size of the Council of State was to be increased to 260 members, 156 from the provinces and 104 from the princely states. However, the first election to the federal legislature after that of 1934 was the

1945 Indian general election General elections were held in British India in December 1945 to elect members of the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 59 of the 102 elected seats. The Mus ...

, in which the princely states continued to take no part.

Members of First Council of State (1921)

Nominated

* Officials: General Lord Rawlinson * Non-Officials: Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (Bombay), G. A. Natesan (Madras), Sir Leslie Creery Miller (Madras), Soshi Kanta Acharya of Mymensingh (Bengal), Sir Mohamed Muzamilullah Khan of Bhikampur (United Provinces), Sir Amiruddeen Ahmed Khan of Loharu (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Harnam Singh (Punjab, Indian Christian), Sir Muhammad Rafique (Delhi) Sir Purshotamdas Thakurdas(Bombay 1923) *Berar Representative: G. S. Khaparde

Elected

*Assam:

Chandradhar Barua Chandradhar Barua (15 October 1874 – 26 October 1961) was an eminent writer, poet, dramatist and lyricist from Assam of Jonaki Era, the age of romanticism of Assamese literature. Barua was born at Dergaon, Golaghat, Assam on 15 October 1878. ...

* Bengal: Sir Benode Chandra Mitter (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Sir Deva Prasad Sarvadhikary (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Raja Pramada Nath Ray of Dighapatia (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Haji Chowdhuri Mohammad Ismail Khan (West Bengal Muslim), Maulvi Abdul Karim (East Bengal Muslim), *Bihar & Orissa: Rameshwar Singh of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan), Keshav Prasad Singh of Dumraon (Non-Muhammadan), Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalsinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Zahir-ud-din (Muhammadan), * Bombay: Lalubhai Samaldas (Non-Muhammadan), Vaman Govind Kale (Non-Muhammadan),

Pheroze Sethna Year of birth missing Year of death missing Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India Members of the Council of State (India) Parsi people People from Mumbai 1938 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Indian Knig ...

(Non-Muhammadan), Raghunath Pandurang Karandikar (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Bombay Presidency Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Ghulam Muhammad Bhurgri (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) * Burma: Maung Bo Pye (Non-European), Sir Edgar Holberton (Commerce) *Central Provinces:

Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy Sir Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy, KCSI, KCIE (30 July 1865 – 14 December 1953) was an Indian lawyer, industrialist, and political figure. He was President of the Council of State from 1933 to 1946. Born into a prominent Parsi family in Bombay, ...

(Non-Muhammadan) *Madras: K. V. Rangaswamy Iyengar (Non-Muhammadan),

V. S. Srinivasa Sastri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Sastri (22 September 1869 – 17 April 1946) was an Indian politician, administrator, educator, orator and Indian independence activist. He was acclaimed for his oratory and command over the English langua ...

(Non-Muhammadan), S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramabhadra Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), Ahmed Tamby Maricair (Muhammadan) * Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (West Punjab Muhammadan), Zulfikar Ali Khan (Muhammadan), Jogendra Singh (Sikh) *United Provinces: Raja Sir Rampal Singh (UP Central Non-Muhammadan)

Lala Sukhbir Sinha Lala Sukhbir Sinha (1868 - 2 November 1928) was a noted politician, zamindar and Hindu Mahasabha leader from the United Provinces of British India. Sinha was born at Muzaffarnagar, son of Rai Nihalchand Bahadur. His grandparents Lala Odey Ram a ...

(UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Muhammad Abdul Majid (UP West Muhammadan), Saiyid Raza Ali (UP East Muhammadan) * Other:

Manindra Chandra Nandy Maharaja Sir Manindra Chandra Nandy (29 May 1860 – 12 November 1929) was the Maharaja of Cossimbazar Raj from 1898 to 1929, a philanthropist and reformist during the period of Bengal Renaissance. Family Manindra Chandra Nandy was born on ...

Maharaja of Cossimbazar, Ganganath Jha, E. M. Cook, Denys Bray, H. D. Craik, B. C. Mitter, J. A. Richey, B. N. Sarma, J. R. Wood, Sevasila Vedamurti

Members of Second Council of State (1926)

Nominated

* Officials: Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood (Commander-in-Chief), Sir

Muhammad Habibullah Khan Bahadur Sir Muhammad Habibullah KCSI KCIE (22 September 1869 – 16 May 1948) was an Indian politician and administrator who served as the Dewan of Travancore from 1934 to 1936. Personal life Habibullah was born in Madras (now Che ...

(Member for Education, Health and Lands), Satish Ranjan Das (Law Member), Major General Sir Robert Charles MacWatt (Director General,

Indian Medical Service The Indian Medical Service (IMS) was a military medical service in British India, which also had some civilian functions. It served during the two World Wars, and remained in existence until the independence of India in 1947. Many of its officer ...

David Thomas Chadwick David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(Commerce Secretary),

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(Finance Secretary),

James Crerar Sir James Crerar, KCSI, CIE (11 December 1877 – 29 August 1960) was a British administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was Home Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council from 1927 until 1932. His son-in-law was Sir Hugh ...

(Home Secretary),

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(Secretary for Industries and Labour),

John Perronet Thompson Sir John Perronet Thompson, KCSI, KCIE (8 March 1873 – 8 August 1935) was a British administrator in India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was Political Secretary to the Government of India from 1922 to 1927 and Chief Commissioner of ...

(Political Secretary), James Alexander Richey (Educational Commissioner for the Government of India), Sir Clement Hindley (Chief Commissioner, Railways), Thomas Emerson (Bengal), Kiran Chandra De (Bengal), John Austen Hubback (Bihar and Orissa), D. Weston (Bihar and Orissa),

Evelyn Robins Abbott Evelyn Robins Abbott, CIE (9 May 1873 – 7 May 1950) was an administrator in British India. A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was Chief Commissioner of Delhi from 1924 until his retirement in 1928. After returning to England, Abbott serv ...

(Delhi), Sir

Charles George Todhunter Sir Charles George Todhunter (16 February 1869 – 1 March 1949) was a British civil servant in British India. Todhunter was of New Zealand background and educated in England at Aldenham School and King's College, Cambridge. He joined the India ...

(Madras), H. A. B. Vernon (Madras), Dewan Tek Chand (Punjab), A. Latifi (Punjab), Pandit Shyam Bihari Misra (United Provinces),

John Ernest Buttery Hotson Sir John Ernest Buttery Hotson, KCSI, OBE, VD (17 March 1877 – 13 May 1944) was an administrator in India during the British Raj. Born in Glasgow to Hamilton and Margaret (Maggie) Hotson, he was educated at Edinburgh Academy (1889–1895) and ...

(Bombay), G. W. Hatch (Bombay) *Non-Officials: Keshav Chandra Roy (Bengal), Sir Bijoy Chand Mahtab (Bengal), Prince Afsar-ul-Mulk Mirza Muhammad Akram Hussain (Bengal), Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha (Bombay), Raja Sir Harnam Singh (Punjab), Sardar Charanjit Singh (Punjab)(Indian Christians), Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (Punjab), Raja Nawab Ali Khan (United Provinces), Raja

Ramakrishna Ranga Rao of Bobbili Raja Sri Ravu Svetachalapati Sir Ramakrishna Ranga Rao KCIE (20 February 1901 – 10 March 1978) was an Indian politician and ''zamindar'' who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 5 November 1932 to 4 April 1936 and 24 ...

(Madras), G. A. Natesan (Madras), Major Nawab Mahomed Akbar Khan (North- West Frontier Province), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Central Provinces), G. S. Khaparde (Berar)

Elected Members

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(Bengal Chamber of Commerce), G. C. Godfrey (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) * Bihar & Orissa: Rameshwar Singh (Non-Muhammadan), Anugrah Narayan Sinha (Non-Muhammadan), Mahendra Prasad (Non-Muhammadan), Shah Muhammad Zubair (Muhammadan) *Bombay:

(Non-Muhammadan), Ratansi D. Morarji (Non-Muhamaddan), Manmohandas Ramji Vora (Non-Muhammadan), Ebrahim Haroon Jaffer (Muhammadan), Mian Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), Sir Arthur Froom (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) *Burma: Pundi Chetlur Desika Chari (General), Sir Edgar Holberton (Burma Chamber of Commerce), W. A. Gray (Burma Chamber of Commerce) * Central Provinces:

Seth Govind Das Seth Govind Das (16 October 1896 – 18 June 1974) was an Indian independence activist and parliamentarian. He belonged to the Maheshwari merchant family of Raja Gokuldas of Jabalpur. The family began as the banking firm of Sevaram Khushalc ...

(General) *Madras: Saiyed Mohamad Padshah Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan), Dr.

U. Rama Rao Udipi Rama Rau or U. Rama Rau (17 September 1874 - 12 May 1952) was an Indian politician from the Madras Presidency. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. He was a medical doctor by profession and was the founder of a medical journal calle ...

(Non-Muhammadan) (Swaraj), V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Sir C. Sankaran Nair (Non-Muhammadan), S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan) *Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Punjab Non-Muhammadan), Nawab Sahibzada Sayad Mohammad Mehr Shah (East and West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Shivdev Singh Uberoi (Punjab Sikh) *United Provinces: Munshi Narayan Prasad Asthana (United Provinces Northern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Moti Chand (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (United Provinces Southern Non-Muhammadan), Raja Sir Rampal Singh (United Provinces Central Non-Muhammadan), Saiyid Alay Nabi (United Provinces West Muhammadan), Maharaja Sir Muhammad Ali Muhamamd Khan (United Provinces East Muhammadan), Nawab Sir Muhammad Muzammil-ullah Khan (United Provinces West Muhammadan),

Sukhbir Sinha Lala Sukhbir Sinha (1868 - 2 November 1928) was a noted politician, zamindar and Hindu Mahasabha leader from the United Provinces of British India. Sinha was born at Muzaffarnagar, son of Rai Nihalchand Bahadur. His grandparents Lala Odey Ram a ...

*Other: Madhav Shrihari Aney,

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, Syed Muhammad Padshah, Raja Yuvaraj Dutta Singh, Srinarain Mehta

Members of Third Council of State (1930–1936)

Nominated

* Government of India: *Officials from Provinces: A de C. Williams, Sir Guthrie Russell, T. M. Dow (Bengal), E. F. Thomas (Madras), Gurusaday Dutt *Non-Officials: G. S. Khaparde (Berar), Khwaja Habibullah (Bengal), Maharaja Jagadish Nath Ray (Bengal), Pandit Gokaran Nath Agra (United Provinces), Shaikh Magbul Husain (United Provinces), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Nawab Malik Mohammad Hayat Khan Noon (Punjab), Major Nawab Sir Mahomed Akbar Khan (NWFP), Maharaja Kameshwar Singh of Darbhanga (Bihar), Khan Bahadur Shams-ud-din Haidar (Bihar), Sir

Nasarvanji Choksy Sir Nasarvanji Hormusji Choksy (7 October 1861 – 1 December 1939) was an Indian doctor who worked in Bombay. He was titled Khan Bahadur and knighted in 1929 for his contributions to public health, particularly for his work in dealing with smal ...

(Bombay), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bombay)

Elected Members

*Assam: Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council * Bengal: Jagadish Chandra Banerjee (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Satyendra Chandra Ghose Maulik (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Mahmood Suhrawardy (West Bengal Muhammadan), Syed Abdul Hafeez (East Bengal Muhammadan), George Campbell (Bengal Chamber of Commerce) * Bihar & Orissa: Babu Ramashray Prashad Choudhary of Dalshinghsarai (Non-Muhammadan),

(Muhammadan) *Bombay: Sardar Shri Jagannath Maharaj Pandit (Non-Muhammadan), Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Pheroze Sethna (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), Ali Baksh Muhammad Hussain (Sind Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) *Burma: J. B. Glass (Burma Chamber of Commerce) * Central Provinces: V. V. Kalikar *Madras: S. Rm. M. Annamalai Chettiar (Non-Muhammadan), Yarlagadda Ranganayakulu Naidu (Non-Muhammadan), V. C. Vellingiri Gounder (Non-Muhammadan),

G. N. Chetty Diwan Bahadur Sir Gopathi Narayanaswami Chetty ( ta, கோபதி நாராயணசுவாமி செட்டி; 28 September 1881 – 13 June 1950) was an Indian merchant, landlord, politician, legislator and economist. Early ...

(Non-Muhammadan), Syed Muhammad Padshah Saheb Bahadur (Muhammadan), *Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh), Chaudhri Muhammad Din (East Punjab Muhammadan) *United Provinces: Lala Mathura Prasad Mehrotra (UP Central Non-Muhammadan), Lala Jagdish Prasad (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Hafiz Muhammad Halim (UP West Muhammadan), Shaikh Mushir Hosain Kidwai (UP East Muhammadan)

Fourth Council of State

Nominated

* Officials: General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Sir Mohammad Usman, Jogendra Singh,

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed wh ...

, Sir Satyendranath Roy, C. E. Jones, E. Conran-Smith, G. S. Bozman, Shavax A. Lal, A de C. Williams, N. R. Pillai, Ernest Wood, B. R. Sen *Non-Officials: Sir David Devadoss (Madras), K. Ramunni Menon (Madras), Sir Josna Ghosal (Bengal), Maneckji Dadabhoy (Bombay), Raja Charanjit Singh (Punjab), Shamsuddin Haidar (Bihar), Brijlal Nandlal Biyani (Berar), A. P. Patro, Rahimtoola Chinoy, Satyendra Kumar Das, Sir Satya Charan Mukherjee, Sir Mohammad Yakub, Sardar Nihal Singh, Khurshid Ali Khan, Lt. Col. Sir S. Hissam-ud-din Bahadur, Sobha Singh, Sri Narain Mehta, Mohendra Lal Das,

Elected Members

*Assam: Khan Bahadur Ghulam Mustafa Chaudhury (Muhammadan), Zaminder Bhatipara Estate, founding member of All India Muslim League, active participant of Islamic Khelafat Andolon, philanthropist, legislator of Assam Legislative Council * Bengal: Kumarsankar Ray Chaudhury (East Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Kumar Nripendra Narayan Sinha (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan), Susil Kumar Roy Chowdhury (West Bengal Non-Muhammadan) * Bihar: Maharaja Kameshwar of Darbhanga (Non-Muhammadan),

(Muhammadan) *Bombay: Shantidas Askuran (Non-Muhammadan), Govindalal Shivlal Motilal (Non-Muhammadan), Maneckji Nadirshaw Dalal (Non-Muhammadan), Sir Suleman Cassum Haji Mitha (Muhammadan), R. H. Parker (Bombay Chamber of Commerce) * Central Provinces: V. V. Kalikar (General) *Madras: Rao Bahadur K. Govindachari (Non-Muhammadan), M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar (Non-Muhammadan), Narayandas Girdhardas (Non-Muhammadan), V. Ramadas Pantulu (Non-Muhammadan), Saiyad Mohamed Sahib Bahadur (Muhammadan) *Orissa: Nikunja Kishore Das (Non-Muhammadan), *Punjab: Lala Ram Saran Das (Non-Muhammadan),

Chaudhri Ataullah Khan Tarar Khan Bahadur Ataullah Khan Tarar ( ur, ) was the elected Muslim member of the Council of State from the undivided Punjab Punjab was a province of British Raj, British India. Most of the Punjab region was annexed by the East India Company i ...

(East & West Punjab Muhammadan), Sardar Buta Singh (Sikh) *Sind: Ali Buksh Mohammad Hussain (Muhammadan) *United Provinces: H. N. Kunzru (UP Northern Non-Muhammadan), Prakash Narain Sapru (UP Southern Non-Muhammadan), Haji Syed Mohamed Husain (UP West Muhammadan), Chaudhri Niamatullah (UP East Muhammadan)

Presidents

* Sir Henry Moncrieff Smith (1924) * Sir Montagu Sherard Dawes Butler (1924-1925) * Sir Maneckji Byramji Dadabhoy (1933-1936) (1937-1946)

References

{{Legislatures of India Political history of India Imperial Legislative Council of India National upper houses

Composition

1919 to 1937

1937 to 1947

Members of First Council of State (1921)

Nominated

Elected

Members of Second Council of State (1926)

Nominated

Elected Members

Members of Third Council of State (1930–1936)

Nominated

Elected Members

Fourth Council of State

Nominated

Elected Members

Presidents

See also

References