Capitalenom: Abu Dhabi
coordonnées géographiques: 24 28 N, 54 22 E
différence de temps: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Fête de l'Indépendance2 Decembre 1971 (from UK) Fête nationaleJour De l'Indépendance, 2 Decembre (1971) Constitution2 Decembre 1971; made permanent in 1996 Suffrage - Age minimum de l'électeurnone Pouvoir exécutifchef d'état (Président): Président KHALIFA bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (depuis 3 November 2004), ruler of Abu Zaby (Abu Dhabi) (depuis 4 November 2004); Vice Président and Prime Minister MUHAMMAD bin Rashid al-Maktum (depuis 5 January 2006)
chef de gouvernement (1er ministre): Prime Minister and Vice Président MUHAMMAD bin Rashid al-Maktum (depuis 5 January 2006); Deputy Prime Ministers SULTAN bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (depuis 20 November 1990) and HAMDAN bin Zayid al-Nuhayyan (depuis 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 Président 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 |
