President of the United Arab Emirates

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]

President of the United Arab Emirates
Incumbent
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
since 3 November 2004
StyleHis Highness
Member ofFederal Supreme Council
SeatAbu Dhabi
AppointerFederal Supreme Council
Term length5 years, no term limit
Constituting instrumentConstitution of the United Arab Emirates
Inaugural holderZayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Formation2 December 1971
DeputyMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
WebsiteOfficial website
Politics of the United Arab Emirates

Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Federal Supreme Council
Federal National Council
  • Speaker: Saqr Ghobash
Elections
Foreign relations
Related topics
 United Arab Emirates portal

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
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان
(1918–2004)

 2 December 1971 2 November 2004

(Died in office)

 32 years,

336 days

— Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم
(1943–2006)
Acting

 2 November 2004 3 November 2004 1 day
2 Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان
(born 1948)

 3 November 2004 Incumbent 17 years, 180 days

Insignia
  • Standard of the president, 1973 to 2008.
  • Standard of the president, 2008 to present.

See also

References
  1. "The UAE Leaders". mideast-capital-6 (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. "The Political System of the UAE". www.hziegler.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. "UAE". Arabruleoflaw.org. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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