Vice President Of Uae
His highness sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum vice president prime minister and ruler of dubai after consultations with his highness sheikh mohamed bin zayed al nahyan crown prince of abu.
Vice president of uae. The vice president of the united states is the second highest officer in the executive branch of the u s. His highness sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum vice president and prime minister of uae and ruler of dubai has condoled with the ruler of sharjah the royal family and the people of sharjah. Prior to adoption of the twenty fifth amendment in 1967 an intra term vacancy in the office of the vice president could not be filled until the next post election inauguration. Article 45 of the uae s constitution provides that the president is the second of the five federal authorities.
Federal government after the president of the united states and ranks first in the presidential line of succession the vice president is also an officer in the legislative branch as president of the senate in this capacity the vice president is empowered to preside over senate. Vice presidents have exercised this latter power to varying extents over the years. Muḥammad bin rāshid al maktūm. The president of the united arab emirates or the raʾīs is the head of state of the united arab emirates.
However nowhere did it state if there was to be a limit on the number of terms to which they could be elected. محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم. Usually a sheikh from the emirate of abu dhabi holds the presidency and a sheikh from the emirate of dubai the premiership. Sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum is the current vice president and prime minister of the uae.
While the prime minister is formally appointed by the president every uae vice president simultaneously serves as prime minister as well. Prime minister and vice president of the united arab emirates and ruler of dubai sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum announced the government shake up on social media christopher pike reuters. The president and vice president are elected every 5 years by the federal supreme council. He is also the ruler of dubai.
However president washington set a precedent of only serving two terms which was followed until november 5 1940 when franklin roosevelt was elected for a third term. Provisions for the president as per the uae s constitution. Sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum arabic. The unamended constitution mandated that a president would serve for four years.
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