President of the United Arab Emirates

President of the United Arab Emirates
Federal
Incumbent
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 14 May 2022
Details
Style	His Highness (formal) His Excellency (international correspondence)
Heir apparent	Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
First monarch	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Formation	2 December 1971
Website	Official Website

The President of the United Arab Emirates is the head of state of the United Arab Emirates. Officially, he is elected every five years by the Federal Supreme Council, but because the emir (leader) of Abu Dhabi customarily also holds the presidency of the UAE, the office is de facto hereditary. The President is also Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Supreme Council and Supreme Petroleum Council.

Presidents of the United Arab Emirates (1971–present)

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان (1918–2004)	2 December 1971	2 November 2004 (Died in office)	32 years, 336 days
–		Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم (1943–2006) Acting	2 November 2004	3 November 2004	1 day
2		Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان (1948–2022)	3 November 2004	13 May 2022 (Died in office)	17 years, 191 days
–		Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم (born 1949) Acting	13 May 2022	14 May 2022	1 day
3		Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan محمد بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان (born 1961)	14 May 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 321 days

Insignia

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  Standard of the President, 1973 to 2008.
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  Standard of the President, 2008 to present.

Other websites

• Official Website Archived 2013-09-19 at the Wayback Machine