High Council of Alderaan

Traditionally regarded as one of the primary ruling bodies of the destroyed planet of Alderaan, the High Council was a bulwark of that world's famed democratic system, despite possessing a constitutional monarchy. The Royal House of Alderaan held governing power directly over the High Council, led by the Organa family in its twilight years, but the High Council was representative of all the sentients then alive on Alderaan.

The ruling heir to the Alderaanian throne was expected to immerse him- or herself in the subtle niceties of political rule during their lifetime of service; the majority of them served terms both in the Galactic Senate of Coruscant as their people's representative (although at times this post was held by others not from the royal house, such as Senator Bail Antilles), as well as on the High Council.