Also means
councillor
Usage Note
Consejero can mean a personal adviser or counsellor (consejero de empresa — business adviser) and also a regional government minister in Spain (consejero de Hacienda — regional finance minister). The feminine is consejera. Do not confuse it with concejal (town councillor) — they operate at different levels of government.
Examples
"El consejero presentó su renuncia."
Natural Translation
The adviser submitted his resignation.

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