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United Arab Emirates
Index
Government: Federation of seven amirates, as
defined in
1971 provisional constitution. Powers divided between
federal and
amirate governments. Head of state is UAE president,
Shaykh Zayid
ibn Sultan Al Nuhayyan, chosen by Supreme Council of the
Union
composed of rulers of seven amirates. Federal National
Council
has consultative function.
Politics: No political parties. Amirs and their
families, particularly those of Abu Dhabi and Dubayy, most
important political actors; technocrats and commercial
interests
play lesser role.
Foreign Relations: Member of United Nations,
League of
Arab States, Organization of the Islamic Conference, Gulf
Cooperation Council, Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting
Countries, and Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting
Countries.
Data as of January 1993
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