President of the United Arab Emirates

President of the United Arab Emirates
President of the United Arab Emirates
رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
	Emblem of the United Arab Emirates
	Presidential Standard
	Incumbent; Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan; since 14 May 2022
	Executive branch of the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Style	His Highness
Status	Head of state
Member of	Federal Supreme Council
Residence	Qasr Al Watan
Seat	Abu Dhabi
Appointer	Federal Supreme Council
Term length	5 years, renewable
Constituting instrument	Constitution of the United Arab Emirates
Inaugural holder	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Formation	2 December 1971
Deputy	Vice Presidents of the United Arab Emirates
Website	Official website

The president of the United Arab Emirates (Arabic: رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة), or the Raʾīs (Arabic: رَئِيْس), is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).^[1]^[2]

The president and vice presidents are de jure elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council, and the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates is de jure appointed by the president.^[3] De facto, the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi holds the presidency and the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai holds the premiership. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the UAE Armed Forces.

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was widely credited with unifying the seven emirates into one federal state. He was the UAE's first president from the formation of the UAE until his death on 2 November 2004. He was succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who died in office on 13 May 2022.^[4] Following his brother Khalifa's death, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan was elected the third and current president of the UAE by the Federal Supreme Council on 14 May 2022.^[5]

^ "The UAE Leaders". mideast-capital-6 (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "The Political System of the UAE". www.hziegler.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
^ "United Arab Emirates 1971 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org.
^ "UAE". Arabruleoflaw.org. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ Reporter, A. Staff. "Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected President of the UAE". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

[1] "The UAE Leaders". mideast-capital-6 (in French). Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[2] "The Political System of the UAE". www.hziegler.com. Retrieved 31 August 2021.

[3] "United Arab Emirates 1971 (rev. 2009) Constitution - Constitute". www.constituteproject.org.

[4] "UAE". Arabruleoflaw.org. Retrieved 12 February 2016.

[:0-5] Reporter, A. Staff. "Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed elected President of the UAE". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

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