federal government of the United Arab Emirates

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The federal government of the United Arab Emirates is the central governing authority of the UAE, responsible for national legislation, foreign policy, defense, and overall coordination among the country’s seven emirates.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf central government
federal government
capital Abu Dhabi
constitutionAdopted 1971
constitutionalDocument UAE Constitution
constitutionalMonarch Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
surface form: President of the United Arab Emirates
country United Arab Emirates
defenseManagedBy UAE Ministry of Defence
surface form: Ministry of Defence of the United Arab Emirates
educationManagedBy Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates
establishedInYear 1971
executiveBody Council of Ministers of the United Arab Emirates
executiveBranchHead Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
federalCourt Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates
financeManagedBy Ministry of Finance of the United Arab Emirates
foreignRelationsManagedBy Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates
formedBy union of seven emirates
governmentType federal absolute monarchy
federal elective monarchy
hasBranch executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
hasCabinet federal government of the United Arab Emirates self-linksurface differs
surface form: UAE Cabinet
headOfState Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
surface form: President of the United Arab Emirates
healthManagedBy Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates
includesEmirate Abu Dhabi
Ajman
Dubai
Fujairah
Ras Al Khaimah
Sharjah
Umm Al Quwain
interiorAffairsManagedBy Ministry of Interior of the United Arab Emirates
judicialBody Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates
legalCapital Abu Dhabi
legalSystem civil law influenced by Islamic law
legislativeBody Federal National Council
legislativeType unicameral legislature
legislatureName Federal National Council
meetsIn Abu Dhabi
officialLanguage Arabic
permanentConstitutionEffective 1996
region Middle East
responsibleFor defense
federal budget
federal infrastructure policy
foreign policy
national legislation
overall coordination among emirates
sharesPowersWith governments of the seven emirates
sovereignState United Arab Emirates
subregion Arabian Peninsula

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Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan employer federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Government of the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces foundedBy federal government of the United Arab Emirates
federal government of the United Arab Emirates hasCabinet federal government of the United Arab Emirates self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: UAE Cabinet
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates heads federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: federal executive authority of the United Arab Emirates
Expo 2020 hostedBy federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: United Arab Emirates government
Abu Dhabi isSeatOf federal government of the United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi isSeatOf federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: UAE Cabinet
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates jurisdiction federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: United Arab Emirates federal government
Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates ownedBy federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Government of the United Arab Emirates
Government of Dubai parentOrganization federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum partOf federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates partOf federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates partOf federal government of the United Arab Emirates
this entity surface form: Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates