Back Staatsrat (Waadt) German Conseil d'État du canton de Vaud French Consiglio di Stato (Vaud) Italian Staatsraad van Vaud Dutch
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.