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United Arab Emirates Constitution


Article (67)

The law determines the salaries of the Prime Minister, his deputies and the other ministers[1].


CHAPTER (4)
THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL

SECTION (1)

Article (68)

The Federal National Council (FNC) consists of forty members[2]. The seats of the FNC are distributed to the member Emirates as follows:

Abu Dhabi 8 seats
Dubai 8 seats
Sharjah 6 seats
Ras AI Khaimah 6 seats
Ajman 4 seats
Umm AI Quwain 4 seats
Fujairah 4 seats

  1. Article (67) was amended by Constitutional Amendment 1/2009.
  2. The number of the members of the Council was increased by the Decision of the Federal Supreme Council 3/1972 after Ras al-Khaima Emirate joined the UAE. Six seats were allocated to Ras Al Khaimah .The previous number was (34) members .

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