Premier (Arab Union)

The Premier of the Republic (Arabic: وزير الجمهورية الأوّل wazīr al-jumhūriyah al-awwal) is the official title of the head of government of a member republic of the Arab Union. The Premier leads the Council of Ministers of the Republic, the highest executive body of a republic, and is elected by that republic's legislature (the unicameral Republican Congress). According to the constitution, the President of the Arab Union is simultaneously head of state of each republic and the federation as a whole, and has the power to dissolve a republican Council of Ministers and remove its Premier via executive order.

The Premier is always the secretary or chairperson of the political party holding a majority of seats in the Republican Congress. In 16 of 20 republics, the respective regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party forms government; in Yemen, Libya and Tunisia, however, the Communist Party holds a majority of seats in the Republican Congress and forms the executive government, while the Arab Social-Democratic Party forms the republican government of Morocco.