State Defence Council of the Republic of LithuaniaGovernment

The State Defence Council of the Republic of Lithuania is a supreme constitutional advisory and coordination body on national security and defense. Chaired by the President of the Republic, it is tasked with considering and coordinating the country's most critical state defense issues. Originally established in 1935 during the interwar republic, it was re-established in 1992 under the Constitution of the restored independent Lithuania.