Attorney-General of the Arab Union

The office of Attorney-General (Arabic: النائب العام an-nā’ib al-‘ām) is a cabinet-level position in the federal government of the Arab Union, which is responsible for public prosecution at the federal level; the counterpart office in each of the 20 republics of the Arab Union is the Solicitor-General.

The Attorney-General and subordinate deputy prosecutors as well as the support staff of paralegals and civil servants together form the membership of the Ministry of Attorney-General, which is the federal counterpart of the 20 republics' Ministries of Justice.

Dr. Bassel Barghouti, a Palestinian lawyer and former law professor at al-Quds University, is the incumbent Attorney-General of the Arab Union. The office of Attorney-General is an appointed one, with candidates nominated by the Prime Minister on advice of the Arab Congress Presidium and confirmed by the President.