Ministry of Attorney-General (Arab Union)

The Ministry of Attorney-General (Arabic: وزارة النائب العام wuzārat an-nā’ib al-‘ām) is a ministry of the federal government of the Arab Union. It is responsible for public prosecution at the federal level, and also oversees some aspects of federal law enforcement.

The Ministry of Attorney-General is headed by the Attorney-General of the Arab Union, who is the fifth-most senior member of the prime minister's cabinet (the Council of Ministers).

The Ministry of Attorney-General consists of the Attorney-General, between three and six Deputy Attorneys-General, and paralegal and clerical support staff. All prosecutions by the Ministry of Attorney-General take place in either the Supreme Court of the Arab Union or the Arab Union Court of Appeals, the only permanent courts with federal jurisdiction, and less frequently in temporary federal tribunals established by one of the federal courts.

The republican equivalent of the Attorney-General of the Arab Union is called the Solicitor-General, who leads the Ministry of Justice of its respective republic, which is the republican counterpart to the federal Ministry of Attorney-General. As the great majority of criminal proceedings are handled by republican courts, most republican Ministries of Justice are several times larger than the Ministry of Attorney-General.

Dr. Bassel Barghouti has served as Attorney-General of the Arab Union since September 2016.