Council of Deputies (Arab Union)

The Council of Deputies (Arabic: مجلس النواب majlis an-nawāb) is one of two nominally equal chambers of the Arab Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government of the Arab Union. It functions as the de facto "lower chamber", consisting of 545 seats each representing a single electoral district, each more or less equal in population. The Council of Deputies' counterpart "upper chamber" is the Council of Republics, with which it elects the Prime Minister of the Arab Union at a joint plenary session. The President of the Council of Deputies is elected from amongst the chamber, and presides over debates and proceedings, voting only to break ties.

The Council of Deputies meets in the South Parliament Building in Cairo.