Ministry of Attorney General of the 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 federal law enforcement and corrections.

The Ministry of Attorney General is chaired by the Attorney General of the Arab Union, who is the third-most senior member of the Prime Minister's Cabinet, after the Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister, and the chief legal advisor to the federal government's executive branch led by the Prime Minister as well as to the President of the Arab Union. The ministry prosecutes federal cases directly, and also oversees a number of federal law enforcement agencies, namely the Arab Union Sheriff Service.

The Ministry of Attorney General consists of the Attorney General, the Deputy Attorney General, paralegal and clerical support staff, and 20–30 deputy federal prosecutors. All prosecutions by the Ministry of Attorney-General take place either in Supreme Court of the Arab Union trials (where the most serious cases are tried), in Supreme Court-authorised federal tribunals typically held outside the capital (where the remaining majority of federal cases are tried), or in the Arab Union Court of Appeals. The first category of trials always have either the Attorney General or Deputy Attorney General as federal prosecutor, while the federal tribunals and federal Court of Appeals typically retain a deputy federal prosecutor although the Deputy Attorney-General or (rarely) the Attorney-General have on occasion acted directly as prosecution at federal tribunals.

The republican equivalent of the Attorney-General of the Arab Union is called the Solicitor General of the _______ Arab Republic, who leads the Ministry of Justice of the respective republic/territory. As the great majority of criminal proceedings are handled by republican courts, many Ministries of Justice are significantly larger than the federal government's Ministry of Attorney General.

Dr. Bassel Barghouti has served as Attorney General of the Arab Union since September 2016. The Ministry of Attorney General has its headquarters on Tishreen Square in Garden City, Ibrahimia, Nasser City, directly across the square from the Supreme Court of the Arab Union and the Nasser City Police Service headquarters. The Attorney General, however, also has a separate official workplace and residence located adjacent to the National Armoury and National Museum.

Subordinate agencies

 * Federal Prosecution Authority: Main body of federal prosecutors directly answerable to the Attorney–General;
 * Arab Union Sheriff Service: The largest law enforcement agency in the Arab Union at the federal level, responsible for leading the majority of domestic federal law enforcement operations;
 * Federal Corrections Directorate: Responsible for the administration of all federal prisons and related institutions.
 * Federal Directorate of Public Administration: The main federal body responsible for the bureaucratic maintenance of federal records and vital statistics, most of which is handled by republican agencies;
 * Federal Security Service: Primarily responsible for maintaining national security and neutralising armed domestic political opposition, as well as providing bodyguard services to members of the federal government.