Post: | Vice President |
Body: | the United Arab Emirates |
Native Name: | Arabic: نائب رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة |
Flag: | File:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg |
Flagsize: | 200px |
Flagborder: | yes |
Flagcaption: | United Arab Emirates flag |
Insignia: | Emblem of the United Arab Emirates.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the UAE |
Incumbent: | |
Department: | Politics of the United Arab Emirates |
Style: | His Excellency |
Reports To: | President |
Appointer: | Federal Supreme Council |
Termlength: | 5 years, renewable |
Constituting Instrument: | Constitution of the United Arab Emirates |
Formation: | 9 December 1971 |
Inaugural: | Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum |
The Vice President of the United Arab Emirates is the deputy head of state of the United Arab Emirates. The office holder will perform all the responsibilities of the President of the United Arab Emirates in the latter's absence for any reason.[1]
While not required by the UAE constitution,[2] the practice is that the ruler of Dubai simultaneously serves as the Vice President of the UAE. The Vice President is elected by Federal Supreme Council for renewable five-year-terms.[3]
The first vice president, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, took office on 2 December 1971. Every prime minister since 1979 also held the title of vice president.
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Notes | ||
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Took office | Left office | ||||
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Arabic: راشد بن سعيد آل مكتوم | 9 December 1971 | 7 October 1990[4] (Died in office) | [5] | ||
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic: مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم | 7 October 1990 | 4 January 2006 (Died in office) | |||
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم | 5 January 2006[6] | Incumbent | |||
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Arabic: منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان | 29 March 2023[7] | Incumbent | [8] |