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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died on Friday at the age of 73.
Sheikh Khalifa died on 13 May 2022, at the age of 73. [48] [49] He was buried at Al Bateen Cemetery in Abu Dhabi. [50] His half-brother Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan succeeded him as ruler of Abu Dhabi upon his death, [51] and was elected president of the UAE the next day. [52]
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 from the formation of the UAE until his death on 2 November 2004. He was succeeded by his son, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed, who died in office on 13 May 2022. [4]
13 May - President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies at the age of 73. [ 14 ] 14 May - The Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates appoints Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the country's new president, who also inherits the Emirate of Abu Dhabi after the death of his half-brother ...
In April 2009, Sheikh Issa bin Zayed, a member of the Al Nahyan royal family, was subject to a controversy where he was allegedly shown to be torturing a man. [ 11 ] In 2017, several Emirati princesses from the Al Nahyan family were found guilty in a Belgium court over the inhumane treatment of servants, an incident that occurred between 2007 ...
Sheikh Zayed I bin Khalifa Al Nahyan: b. 1840 – d. 1909 May 1909 – October 1912 Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1857 – d. 1912 October 1912 – 22 August 1922 Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1881 – d. 1922 22 August 1922 – 4 August 1926 Sheikh Sultan II bin Zayed Al Nahyan: b. 1881 – d. 1926 4 August 1926 – 1 January 1928
Sheikh Zayed was named after his grandfather, Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ("Zayed the Great"), who ruled the emirate from 1855 to 1909. [12] At the time of Sheikh Zayed's birth, the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi was one of seven Trucial States along the lower coast of the Persian Gulf. [13] He also showed interest in falconry. [14]
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, emir of Abu Dhabi from 2004 to 2022. The emirate's political form is an absolutist, hereditary monarchy. The current ruler of the emirate is Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who began his rein on 14 May 2022, following the death of his brother Sheikh Khalifa.