President of the United Arab Emirates
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President of the United Arab Emirates | |
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Incumbent Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 3 November 2004 | |
Style | His Highness |
Member of | Federal Supreme Council |
Seat | Abu Dhabi |
Appointer | Federal Supreme Council |
Term length | 5 years, no term limit |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of the United Arab Emirates |
Inaugural holder | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Formation | 2 December 1971 |
Deputy | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Website | Official website |
Member State of the Arab League |
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United Arab Emirates portal
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The President of the United Arab Emirates, or the Raʾīs (Arabic: رَئِـيْـس), is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).[1][2]
The president and vice-president are elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council. Though the UAE prime minister is formally appointed by the president, every UAE vice-president simultaneously serves as Prime Minister. Usually, a sheikh from the Emirate of Abu Dhabi holds the presidency and a sheikh from the Emirate of Dubai holds the vice-presidency and premiership.
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the UAE's founding father and widely credited with unifying the seven emirates into one country. He was the UAE's first president, from the UAE's founding until his death on 2 November 2004. On the following day the Federal Supreme Council elected his son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, to the post.[3] The president is also the commander-in-chief of the UAE Armed Forces.
List of presidents of the United Arab Emirates (1971–present)[]
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||
1 | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان |
2 December 1971 | 2 November 2004
(Died in office) |
32 years,
336 days | |
— | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم |
2 November 2004 | 3 November 2004 | 1 day | |
2 | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان |
3 November 2004 | Incumbent | 17 years, 79 days |
Insignia[]
Standard of the president, 1973 to 2008.
Standard of the president, 2008 to present.
See also[]
- List of Prime Ministers of the United Arab Emirates
References[]
- ^ "The UAE Leaders". mideast-capital-6 (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "The Political System of the UAE". www.hziegler.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
- ^ "UAE". Arabruleoflaw.org. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
External links[]
- Government of the United Arab Emirates
- Presidents of the United Arab Emirates
- Politics stubs