Council of Ministers of the Republic

The Union of Arab Republics, informally known as the Arab Union, consists of 20 equal member republics. Each republic has its own executive government responsible for most domestic matters of public administration, the highest body of which is the cabinet of the Premier called the Council of Ministers. In order to distinguish a republican cabinet from the Council of Ministers of the federal government, republican cabinets are officially named after their respective republic; for example, the executive government of Syria is officially called the Council of Ministers of the Syrian Arab Republic.