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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form United Arab Emirates
Conventional short form None Local long form Al Imarat al Arabiyah al Muttahidah Local short form NoneFormer Trucial Oman, Trucial States Abbreviation UAE Government type
Federation with specified powers delegated to the UAE federal government and other powers reserved to member emirates Capital
Name Abu Dhabi
Geographic coordinates 24 28 N, 54 22 E Time difference UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions
7 emirates (imarat, singular - imarah); Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi), 'Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah (Sharjah), Dubayy (Dubai), Ra's al Khaymah, Umm al Qaywayn (Quwain) Independence
2 December 1971 (from the UK)
Constitution
2 December 1971; made permanent in 1996 Legal system
Mixed legal system of Islamic law and civil law International law organization participation
Has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt Suffrage
None
Executive branch
Chief of state
President KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan (since 3 November 2004), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) (since 4 November 2004); Vice President and Prime Minister MUHAMMAD BIN RASHID Al-Maktum (since 5 January 2006) Head of government Prime Minister and Vice President MUHAMMAD bin Rashid Al-Maktum (since 5 January 2006); Deputy Prime Ministers SAIF bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan (since 11 May 2009) and MANSUR bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan (since 11 May 2009) Cabinet Council of Ministers appointed by the president Note There is also a Federal Supreme Council (FSC) composed of the seven emirate rulers; the FSC is the highest constitutional authority in the UAE; establishes general policies and sanctions federal legislation; meets four times a year; Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) and Dubayy (Dubai) rulers have effective veto power Elections President and vice president elected by the FSC for five-year terms (no term limits) from among the seven FSC members; election last held 3 November 2009 upon the death of the UAE's Founding Father and first President ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president Election results KHALIFA bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan elected president by a unanimous vote of the FSC; MUHAMMAD BIN RASHID Al-Maktum unanimously affirmed vice president after the 2006 death of his brother Sheikh MAKTUM bin Rashid Al-Maktum Legislative branch
Unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the constituent states, 20 members elected to serve four-year terms); Elections Last held on 24 September 2011 (next to be held in 2015); note - the electoral college was expanded from 6,689 voters in the December 2006 election to 129,274 in the September 2011 election; elections for candidates rather than party lists; 469 candidates including 85 women ran for 20 contested FNC seats Election results Elected seats by emirate - Abu Dhabi 4, Dubai 4, Sharjah 3, Ras al-Khaimah 3, Ajman 2, Fujairah 2, Umm al-Quwain 2; note - number of appointed seats for each emirate are same as elected seats Judicial branch
Union Supreme Court (judges are appointed by the president) Political parties and leaders
None; political parties are not allowed Political pressure groups and leaders
NA
International organization participation
ABEDA, AFESD, AMF, CAEU, CICA, FAO, G-77, GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OIF (observer), OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the us
Chief of mission
Ambassador Yusif bin Mani bin Said al-UTAYBA Chancery 3522 International Court NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20008 Telephone [1] (202) 243-2400FAX [1] (202) 243-2432 Diplomatic representation from the us
Chief of mission Ambassador Michael H. CORBIN
Embassy Embassies District, Plot 38 Sector W59-02, Street No. 4, Abu Dhabi Mailing address P. O. Box 4009, Abu DhabiTelephone [971] (2) 414-2200 FAX [971] (2) 414-2603 Consulate(s) general Dubai Flag description
Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side; the flag incorporates all four Pan-Arab colors, which in this case represent fertility (green), neutrality (white), petroleum resources (black), and unity (red); red was the traditional color incorporated into all flags of the emirates before their unification National symbol(s)
Golden falcon
National anthem
Name
"Nashid al-watani al-imarati" (National Anthem of the UAE) Lyrics/music AREF Al Sheikh Abdullah Al Hassan/Mohamad Abdel WAHAB Note Music adopted 1971, lyrics adopted 1996; Mohamad Abdel WAHAB also composed the music for the anthem of Tunisia
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