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United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
Primary executive

Head of government

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- Executive system
- Other · One primary executive function
- Dominant executive office
- Head of state
- Why this office is primary
- The UAE is a federation of hereditary emirates. The Federal Supreme Council is the highest constitutional authority, elects the President, and the President appoints the Prime Minister.
Government
Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates
Feb 11, 2006 · De jure
Legislature and composition
UnicameralFederal National Council - Eighteenth Legislative Chapter
Nov 6, 2023
Federal National Council
40 SeatsNext election
Date not scheduledNext Federal National Council election
Date not scheduled · Parliamentary election
- Electoral system
- Electoral colleges choose half of the Council and emirate rulers appoint the other half.
Latest election
Completed2023 Federal National Council election
Oct 7, 2023 · Parliamentary election
- Electoral system
- Electoral colleges chose 20 members; the rulers of the emirates appointed the other 20.
Current policy issues
- 1Economic diversification, trade and investmentUAE Government - We the UAE 2031 vision
- 2Human capital and social servicesUAE Government - We the UAE 2031 vision
- 3Digital government, artificial intelligence and cybersecurityUAE Government - We the UAE 2031 vision
- 4Net zero and the energy transitionUAE Government - Net Zero 2050 Strategy
Elections
Partial2023 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Completed
2019 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Completed
2015 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Completed
2011 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Completed
2006 Emirati parliamentary election
Parliamentary election · Legislative
Completed
Sources
13
- 1UAE Government - The federal governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 2UAE Government - Federal Supreme Councilcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 3UAE Government - The President and his deputycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 4UAE Cabinet - Biography of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoumcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 5UAE Government - The UAE Cabinetcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 6UAE Government - Federal National Councilcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 7National Election Committee - 2023 preliminary election resultscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 8UAE Government - We the UAE 2031 visioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 9UAE Government - Net Zero 2050 Strategycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
- 10Wikimedia CommonsCC BY 4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 11Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 12WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
- 13Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
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