First Government of the United Arab Emirates

{{Short description|Emirati government between December 1971 and 1973}}

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| cabinet_name = First Government of United Arab Emirates

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| jurisdiction = United Arab Emirates

| flag = Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg

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| date_formed = {{Start date|1971|12|9|df=y}}

| date_dissolved = 23 December 1973

| government_head = Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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| deputy_government_head = Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum

| state_head = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

| members_number = 19

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| successor = Second Government of the United Arab Emirates

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On 2 December 1971, the United Arab Emirates was established as a federal independent country with the participation of the following emirates: Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain.{{cite journal

|title=Chronology November 16, 1971-February 15, 1972|journal=The Middle East Journal|date=Spring 1972|volume=26|issue=2|page=175

|jstor=4324910}}{{cite web|title=New beginnings|publisher=Emirati Embassy in Washington DC|url=https://www.uae-embassy.org/discover-uae/history#:~:text=An%20agreement%20was%20reached%20between,established%20on%20December%202%2C%201971|access-date=14 March 2023}} Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan became the president and Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum the vice president. On the same day Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum was given the task of forming the government. The cabinet was announced on 9 December.{{cite web

|title=Cabinet history|url=https://uaecabinet.ae/en/cabinet-history|publisher=Emirati Ministry of Cabinet Affairs|access-date=14 March 2023}}

The term of the cabinet ended on 23 December 1973 when Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum formed the second cabinet.{{cite journal|year=1974

|title=Chronology November 16, 1973-February 15, 1974|journal=The Middle East Journal|volume=28|issue=2|jstor=4325214|page=167}}