Council of Republics (Arab Union)

The Council of Republics (Arabic: مجلس الجمهوريات majlis al-jumhūriyāt) is one of two nominally equal chambers of the Arab Congress, the federal legislative assembly of the Arab Union. It functions as the de facto "upper chamber", the respective "lower chamber" being the Council of Deputies.

The Council of Republics consists of 500 seats, 25 for each of the 20 republics of the Arab Union. The Council of Republics meets in the North Parliament Building in Cairo.

The elected representatives of the Council of Republics are officially known in English as "Senators" (شيوخ shuyūkh, lit. "elders"; sing. شيخ shaykh), with the Council of Republics itself often referred to as the "Senate" (مجلس الشيوخ majlis ash-shuyūkh, lit. "council of elders").