Conventional Long Form Name of Country:
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Judicial Branch/Powers
National Anthem
- United Arab Emirates
- Abu Dhabi
- Federation of Monarachies
- December 2, 1971 (From the UK)
- Independence Day (December 2)
- President Khalifa bin Zayid Al-Nuhayyan
- Prime Minister Vice President MUHAMMAD BIN RASHID Al-Maktum
- President and vice president indirectly elected by the Federal Supreme Council - composed of the rulers of the 7 emirates - for a 5-year term (no term limits); election last held 3 November 2009 (next election NA); prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the president
Legislative Branch/Powers:
- unicameral Federal National Council (FNC) or Majlis al-Ittihad al-Watani (40 seats; 20 members appointed by the rulers of the 7 constituent states and 20 indirectly elected by an electoral college whose members are selected by each emirate ruler proportional to its FNC membership; members serve 4-year terms)
Judicial Branch/Powers
- Federal Supreme Court (consists of the court president and 4 judges)
- Judges appointed by the federal president following approval by the Federal Supreme Council, which includes the rulers of the 7 emirates; judges serve until retirement age or the expiry of their appointment term
- Federal Court of Cassation (determines the constitutionality of laws promulgated at the federal and local (emirate) level; federal level courts of first instance and appeals courts; each emirate has its own court system
- Limited; note - rulers of the seven emirates each select a proportion of voters for the Federal National Council (FNC) that together account for about 12 percent of Emirati citizens
- Yousef Al Otaiba
- Washington DC
- New York City
- Los Angeles
- Houston
- Boston
- Barbara A. Leaf
- Abu Dhabi
- Dubai
- Lana Nusseibeh
- Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side; the flag incorporates all four Pan-Arab colors, which in this case represent fertility (green), neutrality (white), petroleum resources (black), and unity (red); red was the traditional color incorporated into all flags of the emirates before their unification
National Anthem
- "Nashid al-watani al-imarati" (National Anthem of the UAE)
- Golden Falcon
- Boundary agreement was signed and ratified with Oman in 2003 for entire border, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but contents of the agreement and detailed maps showing the alignment have not been published; Iran and UAE dispute Tunb Islands and Abu Musa Island, which Iran occupies
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- The UAE is a drug transshipment point for traffickers given its proximity to Southwest Asian drug-producing countries; the UAE's position as a major financial center makes it vulnerable to money laundering; anti-money-laundering controls improving, but informal banking remains unregulated