Governorate of Palestine

The Governorate of Palestine (Arabic: محافظة فلسطين muḥāfaẓat falasṭīn) is the executive government of the Palestinian Arab Republic, one of the Arab Union's 20 republics. It is led by and answerable to the Governor of Palestine. In official usage, governorate refers to the cabinet of a governor (the head of government of one of the republics), but in normal usage refers generally to the apparatus of government of a republic, as distinguished from the government of the Arab Union (the federal government) as well as local government.