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Illustration 1: President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is pictured above. chairman and a vice chairman the country laws, each emirate who both serve five years. has its own laws and local governments, like the United The UAEs constitution States of America has. was established when it achieved its independence from the United Kingdom on December 2, 1971. The constitution was made permanent in 1996. Their government is referred to as a federal presidential elective monarchy. Among the already monarchs who each rule an emirate there is a president elected. The Supreme Council meets at five-year intervals to reaffirm the existing President or elect a new one Like each state has its own personal laws along with The UAE also has the Federal National Council. The FNC is federal authority over the United emirates. They represent the general emirate population. The Federal National Council consists of forty members. Twenty are elected by citizens of the UAE, the other twenty are elected by electoral college and by the rulers of the emirates. Abu Dhabi houses the FNC assembly hall.
The UAEs government is a constitution Federation, which consists of seven emirates(An emirate is a political territory that is ruled by a dynastic Muslim monarch styled emir. It also means principality.) The seven emirates are; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah Ajman, Umm alQaiwain, Ras alKhaimah, and Fujairah.
The UAE consists of a union between the seven emirates. Each emirate has its own ruler. Powers are separated by the constitution of the United Arab Emirates into executive, legislative, and judicial branches. Both legislative and executive powers are split into federal and emirate jurisdictions. The seven rulers(one from each emirate) make up the federal supreme council. The council also has a
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Members of the Cabinet Prime Minister and Minister of Defence: Vice President H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior: H.H. Lt Gen. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs : H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister of Finance: H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the National Media Council: H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development: Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak H.H. Sheikh Abdulla bin Salem bin Sultan Al Al Nahyan Qasimi, Deputy Ruler of Sharjah Minister of Higher Education and Scientific H.H. Sheikh Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Deputy Research: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Ruler of Fujairah H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Rashid Al Mu'alla, Deputy Nahyan Minister of Development and International Ruler of Umm al-Qaiwain Cooperation: Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al H.H. Sheikh Nasser bin Rashid Al Nuaimi, Deputy Qasimi Continued on A3 Ruler of Ajman
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