Ministry of Interior (Arab Union)

In the Union of Arab Republics (UAR; informally the Arab Union), the majority of law enforcement and public administration is handled by the republican (state) level of government within each of the 20 republics of the Arab Union. As such, each republic has its own Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية wuzārat ad-dākhiliyah), which oversees the national police service of the respective republic and other republican-level security agencies, correctional centres and administrative offices.

For example, civilian law enforcement in the Lebanese Arab Republic is the purview of the Lebanese National Police, an agency or directorate of the Ministry of Interior of Lebanon, which is an executive department of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, the highest executive authority in the republic which is headed by the democratically elected Premier of Lebanon. The only law enforcement matters which are instead handled by Arab Union federal government agencies, like the Arab Union Sheriff Service or the Joint Security Committee, are those matters which, according to the constitution, are serious enough to affect two or more republics simultaneously or the union as a whole. Such matters are led by a particular federal agency, which in virtually all cases receives modest help to full-capacity backup from National Police and other republican law enforcement agencies, depending on the nature of the case, the primary difference being that the leading federal agency handles the ultimate arrest(s), and federal prosecutors the indictment and charging of detainees who are then tried before a district tribunal of the Supreme Court of the Arab Union or the Supreme Court itself (depending on severity and notoriety of the case at hand), while most criminal matters (ie., those restricted to a single republic) are pursued and indictment/charges laid by republican agencies and prosecutors.

Nevertheless, whether criminal proceedings are handled at the republican or federal level, the Arab Congress, having constitutionally-mandated exclusive jurisdiction over criminal law, has codified all criminal law via a single document which is equally upheld by republican and federal courts and legal professionals, namely the Criminal Code. On the contrary, republican legislatures are responsible for most civil law (laws guiding such matters as property rights, inheritance, marriage, business, debts and torts, as well as family and custodial law and laws affecting public use of natural resources, as well many others), which is relatively uniform but in many areas varies somewhat to drastically between republics. In all non-incorporated territories of the Arab Union (territory not belonging to any of the 20 republics), federal civil law (which was developed alongside its republican counterparts in the Arab Congress to handle multi-republican matters), applies exclusively, and federal agencies are responsible for all criminal enforcement; the exception to this is the federal capital of Nasser City, which is not considered a territory but rather a unique council/municipality under the authority of the federal government, authority which has been entirely devolved to the Nassau City Council.

List of interior ministries
Below is a list of each interior ministry by republic:


 * Ministry of Interior (Algeria)
 * Ministry of Interior (Bahrain)
 * Ministry of Interior (Egypt)
 * Ministry of Interior (Gulf Republic)
 * Ministry of Interior (Iraq)
 * Ministry of Interior (Jordan)
 * Ministry of Interior (Kuwait)
 * Ministry of Interior (Lebanon)
 * Ministry of Interior (Libya)
 * Ministry of Interior (Mauritania)
 * Ministry of Interior (Morocco)
 * Ministry of Interior (Oman)
 * Ministry of Interior (Palestine)
 * Ministry of Interior (Peninsular Republic)
 * Ministry of Interior (Qatar)
 * Ministry of Interior (Sudan)
 * Ministry of Interior (Syria)
 * Ministry of Interior (Tunisia)
 * Ministry of Interior (Western Sahara)
 * Ministry of Interior (Yemen)