List of Prime Ministers of the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

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The Vice President and Prime Minister is the Head of Government of the United Arab Emirates. So far, all but the first Prime Minister has also served as Vice-President of the country. While not required by the UAE constitution,^[1] historically the ruler or the deputy ruler of Dubai has served as the Prime Minister. The current Prime Minister is Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. He became Prime Minister on 11 February 2006, after his older brother Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum died on a visit to the Gold Coast of Australia.

The Prime Minister chairs the Council of Ministers, which meets once a week in the capital, Abu Dhabi.

List of Vice Presidents and Prime Ministers of the United Arab Emirates (1971-Present)

#	Name	Picture	Born-Died	Took Office	Left Office
1	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1st Term)	80px	1943-2006	9 December 1971	25 April 1979
2	Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum		1912-1990	25 April 1979	7 October 1990 (deceased)
3	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2nd Term)	80px	1943-2006	7 October 1990	4 January 2006 (deceased)
4	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum		1949-	11 January 2006	Incumbent

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of the United Arab Emirates (1971-Present)

• Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1971-1973)
• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1973–1977)
• Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan (1977-1979)
• Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan & Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1979–1990)
• Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1990–1997)
• Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan & Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1997–2009)
• Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan & Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2009–Present)

See also

• President of the United Arab Emirates

References

1. ^ UAE constitution,rev. 2003