List of deputy prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates information
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
نائب رئيس مجلس الوزراء دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة
Emblem of the UAE
Flag of the United Arab Emirates
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoumn
Incumbent
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 10 May 2009 Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan since 10 May 2009 Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum since 25 September 2021
Style
His Excellency, Sheikh
Member of
Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates
Reports to
Prime Minister
Appointer
President of the United Arab Emirates[1]
Inaugural holder
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Formation
9 December 1971
The deputyprime minister of the United Arab Emirates is the deputy of the head of government of the federal government of the United Arab Emirates.[2]
The first deputy prime minister was Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum who took office on 9 December 1971. He left office on 23 December 1973 and was succeeded by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[3] All deputy prime ministers since Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan have served at part of their with term with at least one deputy. There are currently three deputy prime ministers of the UAE, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who both took office on 10 May 2009, and Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum who took office on 25 September 2021.[4][5]
The deputy prime ministers are members of the Council of Ministers, which meets once a week in the capital, Abu Dhabi.
No.
Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office
Prime Minister(s)
Notes
Took office
Left office
Time in office
1
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum حمدان بن راشد آل مكتوم (1945–2021)
9 December 1971
23 December 1973
2 years, 14 days
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
2
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan خليفة بن زايد آل نهيان (1948–2022)
23 December 1973
20 December 1977
3 years, 362 days
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
3
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan حمدان بن محمد آل نهيان (1943-1989)
20 December 1977
11 October 1989
11 years, 295 days
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (until 30 April 1979) Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
4
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم (1949–2006)
30 April 1979
7 October 1990
11 years, 160 days
Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
5
Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan حمدان بن محمد آل نهيان (1955-2019)
7 October 1990
10 May 2009
18 years, 215 days
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (until 4 January 2006) Vacant (4 January 2006 - 10 February 2006) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
6
Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan حمدان بن زايد آل نهيان (1963-)
25 March 1997
10 May 2009
12 years, 46 days
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (until 4 January 2006) Vacant (4 January 2006 - 10 February 2006) Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
7
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan منصور بن زايد آل نهيان (1970-)
10 May 2009
Incumbent
15 years, 1 day
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
8
Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan سيف بن زايد آل نهيان (1968-)
10 May 2009
Incumbent
15 years, 1 day
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
9
Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum مكتوم بن محمد آل مكتوم (1983-)
25 September 2021
Incumbent
2 years, 229 days
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
^"The UAE Cabinet - the Official Portal of the UAE Government".
^UAE constitution,rev. 2003
^"Chronology November 16, 1971-February 15, 1972". The Middle East Journal. 26 (2): 175. Spring 1972. JSTOR 4324910.
^"Cabinet reshuffled; Saif and Mansour become Deputy Prime Ministers". Gulf News. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
^"UAE: Sheikh Maktoum is new Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister". Khaleej Times. 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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