Revolutionary Council
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Revolutionary Council may refer to:
- Council of Islamic Revolution, a group of clerics and experts who chose by Ayatollah Khomeini in 1979 to manage Islamic revolution of Iran and then legislate for the Interim Government of Iran
- Armed Forces Revolutionary CouncilArmed Forces Revolutionary CouncilThe Armed Forces Revolutionary Council was a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s. While the AFRC briefly controlled the country in 1998, it was driven from the capital by a coalition of West African troops...
, a group of Sierra Leone soldiers that allied itself with the rebel Revolutionary United Front in the late 1990s - National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary CouncilNational Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary CouncilThe National Patriotic Front of Liberia-Central Revolutionary Council was a rebel group that participated in the First Liberian Civil War...
, a rebel group that participated in the Liberian Civil War - Revolutionary Military CouncilRevolutionary Military CouncilRevolutionary Military Council of the Republic or Revvoyensoviet Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic or Revvoyensoviet Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic or Revvoyensoviet (Революционный Военный Совет, Revolyutsionny Voyenny Sovyet; Реввоенсовет, Revvoyensovyet; also...
, the supreme military authority of Soviet Russia - Revolutionary Council (Zanzibar)Revolutionary Council (Zanzibar)The Revolutionary Council along with the House of Representatives make up the semi-autonomous Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar. The Council's principal role is to advise the President of Zanzibar, who is the Head of government....
, a part of the semi-autonomous Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar - Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan)Revolutionary Council (Afghanistan)The Revolutionary Council of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan ruled the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1978 until its collapse in 1992. The council was the supreme state power under the communist regime and was a carbon copy of the Supreme Soviet...
was the ruling party organ to the People's Democratic Party of AfghanistanPeople's Democratic Party of AfghanistanThe People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan was a communist party established on the 1 January 1965. While a minority, the party helped former president of Afghanistan, Mohammed Daoud Khan, to overthrow his cousin, Mohammed Zahir Shah, and established Daoud's Republic of Afghanistan...
(PDPA) from 1965 to the parties collapse in 1992.
See also
- Revolutionary Command Council
- Workers' councilWorkers' councilA workers' council, or revolutionary councils, is the phenomenon where a single place of work or enterprise, such as a factory, school, or farm, is controlled collectively by the workers of that workplace, through the core principle of temporary and instantly revocable delegates.In a system with...