Ministry of Interior (Arab Union)

In the Union of Arab Republics (UAR; informally the Arab Union), the majority of law enforcement and public administration is handled by the governments of the 20 republics (federated state) of the Arab Union. As such, each republic has its own Ministry of Interior (Arabic: وزارة الداخلية wuzārat ad-dākhiliyah), which oversees the national police service of the respective republic and other republican-level security agencies, correctional centres and administrative offices. For example, civilian law enforcement in the Lebanese Arab Republic is the purview of the Lebanese National Police, an agency or directorate of the Ministry of Interior of Lebanon, which is an executive department of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon, the highest executive authority in the republic which is headed by the democratically elected Premier of Lebanon.

The few law enforcement matters which come under federal jurisdiction are the responsibility of the Judicial Police or rarely the Joint Security Committee (the national security agency of the Arab Union); according to the Constitution of the Arab Union, matters affecting two or more republics simultaneously or the union as a whole come under federal jurisdiction.

List of interior ministries
Below is a list of each interior ministry by republic:


 * Ministry of Interior (Algeria)
 * Ministry of Interior (Bahrain)
 * Ministry of Interior (Egypt)
 * Ministry of Interior (Gulf Republic)
 * Ministry of Interior (Iraq)
 * Ministry of Interior (Jordan)
 * Ministry of Interior (Kuwait)
 * Ministry of Interior (Lebanon)
 * Ministry of Interior (Libya)
 * Ministry of Interior (Mauritania)
 * Ministry of Interior (Morocco)
 * Ministry of Interior (Oman)
 * Ministry of Interior (Palestine)
 * Ministry of Interior (Peninsular Republic)
 * Ministry of Interior (Qatar)
 * Ministry of Interior (Sudan)
 * Ministry of Interior (Syria)
 * Ministry of Interior (Tunisia)
 * Ministry of Interior (Western Sahara)
 * Ministry of Interior (Yemen)