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Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم, romanized: Muḥammad bin Rāšid Āl Maktūm; born 15 July 1949) is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the vice president and prime minister of the UAE. [1]
The Ruler is also considered the head of the House of Maktoum, the royal family of Dubai and one of the six ruling families of the UAE. After the unification of the Emirate of Dubai within the United Arab Emirates, the Ruler of Dubai nominally assumes the position of Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and sits at the ...
(Died in office) 11 years, 160 days Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1979–1990) 3 Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم (1943–2006) 7 October 1990 4 January 2006 (Died in office) 15 years, 89 days Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1990–2009) Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1997–2009) 4
The ruler of Dubai abused his former wife to an “exorbitant degree”, the High Court has found at the end of a lengthy legal battle over their two children. ... David Lynch's cause of death ...
After Obeid bin Said died of old age in 1836, Maktoum bin Butti took the reins as the sole ruler and established the Al Maktoum dynasty in the emirate. [1] [2] The Al Maktoum dynasty has ruled Dubai since 1833. [3] Within the federation of the United Arab Emirates, the Federal Supreme Council consists of the individual rulers of the seven emirates.
In January 2006, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai, died, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum assumed both roles. The first ever national elections were held on 16 December 2006. A number of voters chose half of the members of the Federal National Council.
List of rulers of the Emirate of Dubai. Al Maktoum dynasty. Ruled Name Notes 9 July 1833 – 1836 ... Became Crown Prince but later died in 2002. 25 June 1987 – present
De facto, the ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi holds the presidency and the ruler of the Emirate of Dubai holds the premiership. The president is also the commander-in-chief of the UAE Armed Forces. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was widely credited with unifying the seven emirates into one federal state. He was the UAE's first president ...