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Government
Long-form name: United Arab Emirates (no short-form name);
abbreviated UAE.
Type: federation with specified powers delegated to the
UAE central government and other powers reserved to member
shaykhdoms.
Capital: Abu Dhabi.
Administrative divisions: 7 emirates (imarat, singular--imarah);
Abu Zaby, Ajman, Al Fujayrah, Ash Shariqah, Dubayy, Ras al Khaymah,
Umm al Qaywayn.
Independence: 2 December 1971 (from UK; formerly Trucial States).
Constitution: 2 December 1971 (provisional).
Legal system: secular codes are being introduced by the
UAE Government and in several member shaykhdoms; Islamic
law remains influential.
National holiday: National Day, 2 December (1971).
Executive branch: president, vice president, Supreme Council
of Rulers, prime minister, Council of Ministers.
Legislative branch: unicameral Federal National Council.
Judicial branch: Union Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--President Shaykh Zayid bin Sultan Al NUHAYYAN of
Abu Dhabi (since 2 December 1971); Vice President Shaykh Rashid bin
Said Al MAKTUM of Dubayy (since 2 December 1971;
Head of Government--Prime Minister Shaykh Rashid bin Said
Al MAKTUM of Dubayy (Prime Minister since 30 April 1979);
Deputy Prime Minister Maktum bin Rashid al MAKTUM (since
2 December 1971).
Political parties and leaders: none.
Suffrage: none.
Elections: none.
Communists: NA.
Other political or pressure groups: a few small clandestine
groups are active.
Member of: Arab League, CCC, FAO, G-77, GATT (de facto),
GCC, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, IDA, IDB--Islamic Development Bank,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM,
OAPEC, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: Ambassador Abdullah bin Zayed
AL-NAHAYYAN; Chancery at Suite 740, 600 New Hampshire Avenue
NW, Washington DC 20037; telephone (202) 338-6500; US--Ambassador
Edward S. WALKER, Jr.; Embassy at Al-Sudan Street, Abu Dhabi
(mailing address is P.O. Box 4009, Abu Dhabi); telephone
[971] (2) 336691; there is a US Consulate General in Dubai.
Flag: three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white,
and black with a thicker vertical red band on the hoist side.