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1 January 1928 – 6 August 1966. Sheikh Shakhbut II bin Sultan Al Nahyan. b. 1905 – d. 1989. 6 August 1966 – 2 November 2004. Sheikh Zayed II bin Sultan Al Nahyan. b. 1918 – d. 2004. Founded the UAE in 1971 and became its first president. 2 November 2004 – 13 May 2022. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The Maktoum (branch of the House of Al Falasi) are the ruling family of Dubai. The Al Qasimi (also spelled Al Qassimi) families rule two of the seven emirates: Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. The Al Nuaimi are the ruling family of Ajman. The Al Mualla are the ruling family of Umm Al Quwain. The Al Sharqi are the ruling family of Fujairah.
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] Mohammed succeeded his brother Maktoum bin Rashid Al ...
Sheikh Mohamed is the third son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was the first president of the UAE and the 16th ruler of Abu Dhabi. [6] [7] MBZ became the crown prince of Abu Dhabi in November 2004, following the death of his father, when his brother, Sheikh Khalifa became the second president of the UAE and the ruler of Abu Dhabi. [8]
The ruler of Dubai (Arabic: حاكم دبي) is the position of the hereditary monarch and head of government of the Emirate of Dubai. 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 ...
Ruling family of Dubai. The House of Maktoum (Arabic: آل مكتوم Āl Maktūm) is the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Dubai, and one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates. The family is a branch of the Bani Yas clan (a lineage the family shares with the Al Nahyan dynasty of Abu Dhabi), which is a branch of the Al Bu ...
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 7 September 1948 – 13 May 2022) [3][4] was the second president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, serving from November 2004 until his death in May 2022. [5] Khalifa was the ...
In June 2022, Sheikh Khaled launched the Abu Dhabi Industrial Strategy, which includes plans to expand the emirate’s industrial sector to AED 172 billion, create 13,600 jobs, and increase Abu Dhabi’s non-oil exports by 143%, by 2031. [29] He is the patron of Abu Dhabi Finance Week, a role he assumed in October 2022. [30]