Talk:Politics of the United Arab Emirates

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Dubai elections — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.230.230.204 (talk) 19:19, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

UAE president
Does anyone know whether the emir of Abu Dhabi is required to be UAE president by law or constitution, or if it is merely custom? Could the emirs theoretically elect any one of their number (or, for that matter, anyone period) to the post? --Jfruh 13:50, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

It's merely custom.

Under the constitution, Any of the seven members of the Federal Council that is, the seven Emirs of the individual Emirates of the UAE may be elected President.JWULTRABLIZZARD (talk) 01:13, 10 June 2020 (UTC)

Map of the individual Emirates
This country is a federation of 7 Emirates. The article needs a political map showing the 7 Emirates and their territories. TiffaF 06:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Important notice
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Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thehelpfulbot (talk • contribs) 20:52, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Powers of President and Prime Minister
What are the political powers and duties of the President and the Prime Minister? Which has more power or authority de jure, and which has more de facto? ZFT (talk) 22:32, 29 November 2015 (UTC)

UAE is a federation of seven absolute monarchies
There are no constitutional monarchies in this federation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.91.136.41 (talk) 06:54, 19 January 2016 (UTC)

related Signpost article
See related Signpost article: Tentacles of Emirates plot attempt to ensnare Wikipedia WP:Wikipedia_Signpost/2023-07-17/In_the_media and how the Swiss private intelligence company Alp Services by Mario Brero has been contracted by the UAE government to spy on citizens of 18 countries in Europe and beyond. Alp Services has sent to the UAE intelligence services the names of more than 1000 individuals and 400 organizations in 18 European countries, labelling them as part of the Muslim Brotherhood network in Europe. Wuerzele (talk) 00:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

Lead
The article lead currently states Politics of the United Arab Emirates take place in a framework of a federal elective constitutional monarchy (a federation of absolute monarchies). [...] According to convention, the ruler of Abu Dhabi (Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan) is the and the head of state, and the ruler of Dubai is the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, the head of the government.

I highlighted the problematic parts: Est. 2021 (talk · contribs) 18:15, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * A. the parenthetical element: it looks unnecessary, for at least two reasons:
 * A1. having a president doesn't automatically mean being a presidential republic, semi-presidential republics and parliamentary republics have presidents too; despite holding the title of president is a totally unnecessary assumption;
 * A2. being a monarchy, it's quite obvious the country is not governed as a presidential; was this an attempt to distinguish "presidential monarchy" from "presidential republic" or basically a way to state it's actually not a presidential country at all?
 * B. if it's not governed as a presidential country, why do we call it presidential? If that's the case, we better change the definition to semi-presidential or whatever it is.