United Arab Emirates Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Official name: United Arab Emirates (composed of former Trucial States)

Member states: Abu Dhabi, ‘Ajman, Dubayy, Al Fujayrah, Ra’s al Khaymah, Ash Shariqah, L^mm al Qaywayn

Type: federation; constitution signed December 1971, which delegated specified powers to the UAE central government and reserved other powers to member shaykhdoms

Capital: Abu Dhabi

Legal system: secular codes are being introduced by the UAE Government and in several member shaykhdoms; Islamic law remains influential

National holiday: 2 December

Branches: executive—Supreme Council of Rulers (seven members), from which a President and Vice President are elected; Prime Minister and Council of Ministers; unicameral legislature—Federal National Council; judicial—Union Supreme Court

Government leaders: Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al NUHAYYAN of Abu Dhabi, President (since December 1971); Shaykh Rashid ibn Sa'id Al MAKTUM of Dubayy, Vice President (since 1971) and Prime Minister (since April 1979)

Suffrage: none

Elections: none

Political or pressure groups: none· a few small clandestine groups are active

Member of: Arab League, F AO, G-77, GATT (de facto), GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ID A, IDB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELS AT

INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, O1C, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO

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