The Supreme Council of the Federation,
- Having reviewed the Constitution of the United Arab Emirates;
- Pursuant to the opinion of the Federal Supreme Council, the approval of the Federal National Council and the ratification of the Federal Supreme Council
has decided:
Article 51 and Article 52 of the Constitution shall be replaced by the following texts:
The Supreme Council of the Federation shall elect from among its members a President of the Federation and a Vice President of the Federation, and the Vice President of the Federation shall exercise all the powers of the President in his absence for any reason.
With the exception of the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the President of the Federation may nominate another Vice-President, and this nomination shall be submitted to the Supreme Council, and a decision shall be issued by the President of the Federation after the approval of the Supreme Council to appoint this Vice-President.
If the President of the Federation has more than one deputy, the President of the Federation shall, upon approval of the Supreme Council, issue a Federal decree distributing th...