Capitalnome: Abu Dhabi
coordenadas geográficas: 24 28 N, 54 22 E
diferença do tempo: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Independência2 Dezembro 1971 (from UK) Feriado nacionalDia da independência, 2 Dezembro (1971) Constitución2 Dezembro 1971; made permanent in 1996 Sufrágionone Poder Executivochefe do estado: Presidente KHALIFA bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (desde 3 November 2004), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) (desde 4 November 2004); Vice Presidente and Prime Minister MUHAMMAD bin Rashid al-Maktum (desde 5 January 2006)
cabeça de governo: Prime Minister and Vice Presidente MUHAMMAD bin Rashid al-Maktum (desde 5 January 2006); Deputy Prime Ministers SULTAN bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (desde 20 November 1990) and HAMDAN bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (desde 20 October 2003)
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); election last held 3 November 2004 upon the death of the UAE's Founding Father and first Presidente ZAYID bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan (next to be held in 2009); 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 |
