President of the United Arab Emirates

The president of the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), or the Raʾīs (Arabic: رَئِيْس), is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).^[1][2]

President of the United Arab Emirates
رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
Presidential Standard
Incumbent Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 14 May 2022
Executive branch of the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Style	His Highness
Status	Head of state
Member of	Federal Supreme Council
Residence	Qasr Al Watan
Seat	Abu Dhabi
Appointer	Federal Supreme Council
Term length	5 years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the United Arab Emirates
Inaugural holder	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Formation	2 December 1971; 52 years ago (1971-12-02)
Deputy	Vice Presidents of the United Arab Emirates
Website	Official website

The president and vice presidents are de jure elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council, and the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates is de jure appointed by the president.^[3] De facto, the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi holds the presidency and the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai holds the premiership. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the UAE Armed Forces.

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was widely credited with unifying the seven emirates into one federal state. He was the UAE's first president from the formation of the UAE until his death on 2 November 2004. He was succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who died in office on 13 May 2022.^[4] Following his brother Khalifa's death, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected the third and current president of the UAE by the Federal Supreme Council on 14 May 2022.^[5]

List

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Emirate
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان (1918–2004)	2 December 1971	2 November 2004[6] (Died in office)	32 years, 336 days	Abu Dhabi
–		Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم (1943–2006) Acting	2 November 2004	3 November 2004	1 day	Dubai
2		Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان (1948–2022)	3 November 2004[7]	13 May 2022[8] (Died in office)	17 years, 191 days	Abu Dhabi
–		Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم (1949–) Acting	13 May 2022[9]	14 May 2022	1 day	Dubai
3		Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan محمد بن زايد آل نهيان (1961–)	14 May 2022[5]	Incumbent	2 years, 174 days	Abu Dhabi

Insignia

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

Timeline

Change of life expectancy in the United Arab Emirates under various presidents

See also

• Vice President of the United Arab Emirates
• List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates

References

1. "The UAE Leaders". mideast-capital-6 (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
2. "The Political System of the UAE". www.hziegler.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
3. "United Arab Emirates 1971 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org.
4. "UAE". Arabruleoflaw.org. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
5. Reporter, A. Staff. "Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected President of the UAE". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
6. "CNN.com – UAE's president Nahyan dies – Nov 2, 2004". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
7. "Khalifa elected new UAE President". Emirates News Agency. 4 November 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
8. "UAE President Sheikh Khalifa dies at 73". BBC News. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
9. "UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies". Reuters. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.

External links

• Official website