United Arab Emirates Constitution
Article (54)
The President of the UAE has the following powers:
- 1. Preside over the Supreme Council and direct its discussions.
- 2. Convene and dismiss the Supreme Council as may be provided in the rules of procedure specified by the Council in its by-law. The Council must be convened if a member of the Council so requests.
- 3. Call, if necessary, on the Supreme Council and the Council of Ministers to hold a joint session.
- 4. Sign and promulgate the federal laws, decrees and decisions sanctioned by the Supreme Council.
- 5. Subject to the approval of the Supreme Council, appoint the Prime Minister, accept his resignation, and relieve him from office; and, upon the proposal of the Prime Minister of the UAE, appoint the Deputy Prime Ministers and the ministers, accept their resignation, and relieve them from office[1].
- 6. Subject to the approval of the Federal Council of Ministers, appoint the UAE’s diplomatic representatives to foreign states and other civil and military senior federal officials except for the President and the judges of the Federal Supreme Court, accept their resignation, and dismiss them. Such appointment, acceptance of resignation, or dismissal must be done by decree in accordance with the federal laws.
- 7. Sign the letters of credence of the UAE’s diplomatic representatives to foreign states and organizations, accept the credentials of diplomatic and consular representatives
- ↑ Article (54) was amended by Constitutional Amendment 1/2009 .
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