He served as a state councilor in 1799, 1800, and 1806.

He has been a parliament member from 1990-1996 and a state councilor since 2002.

He was again elected as state councilor and served from 1823 until his death.

In practice, a state councilor's portfolios can be very wide-ranging.

He was a State Councilor from 1796 until 1803.

He also appointed seven officers to be State Councilors during the 1840s and 1850s, and three others after that.

Mr. Tang has taken a new job overseeing foreign affairs as a state councilor.

Between 2000 and 2003 he was State Councilor.

In 1981, he became the Minister of National Defense, and became state councilor the following year.

Take a hypothetical case: I don't suppose that a niece of a state councilor would be very likely to fail the psycho tests.