Ministry of Attorney-General (Arab Union)

The Ministry of Attorney-General (Arabic: وزارة النائب العام wuzārat an-nā’ib al-‘ām) is a ministry of the federal government of the Arab Union. It is responsible for public prosecution at the federal level, and also oversees some aspects of federal law enforcement.

The Ministry of Attorney-General is headed by the Attorney-General of the Arab Union, who is a member of the prime minister's cabinet (the Council of Ministers).

The Ministry of Attorney-General consists of the Attorney-General, between three and six Deputy Attorneys-General, and paralegal and clerical support staff. All prosecutions by the Attorney-General take place in either the Supreme Court of the Arab Union or the Arab Union Court of Appeals, the only courts with federal jurisdiction. Trials in republican courts are prosecuted by the respective republic's Ministry of Justice, which is the republican counterpart to the federal Ministry of Attorney-General. As the great majority of criminal proceedings are handled by republican courts, many republican Ministries of Justice are much larger than the Ministry of Attorney-General.

Dr. Bassel Barghouti has served as Attorney-General of the Arab Union since September 2016.