Council of Ministers (Egypt)

The Council of Ministers (Arabic: مجلس الوزراء majlis al-wuzrā’) is the executive government of the Egyptian Arab Republic, the most populous of the Arab Union's 20 republics. It functions as the cabinet of the Premier of Egypt, who chairs the Council of Ministers as head of government. The premier is appointed by the President of the Arab Union on advice of the Egyptian Arab Congress, and must command the confidence of the Egyptian Arab Congress in order to remain in office or else face a vote of no confidence.

The Council of Ministers of Egypt oversees a number of ministries (executive departments, each overseen by a minister and responsible for a particular area of public administration. Each minister is appointed by and directly answerable to the Premier, who may remove ministers from office at his discretion. A minister often simultaneously holds a seat in the Egyptian Arab Congress, but is not required to. Much of the government services available across Egypt, from the justice system, law enforcement and other emergency services to infrastructure and the economy are handled by the Egyptian government, with the Arab Union federal government responsible for the administration of a limited number of services, namely the national single-payer healthcare system, education, finance, foreign affairs and the military.