Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The United Arab Emirates' Ailing UAE Ruler

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Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country's blistering economic growth.

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Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, died Friday. He was 73. Sheikh Khalifa was also ruler of Abu Dhabi.

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His younger brother, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, is expected to become president of the country.

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The Crown Prince is also chairman of the UAE national oil company and heads Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Council.

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Sheikh Khalifa was born in 1948 in the oasis of Al Ain, near the border with the sultanate of Oman.

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He became Abu Dhabi prime minister in 1969. After independence in 1971, he became defense minister.

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He had eight children two sons and six daughters with his wife, Sheikha Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei.

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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. 1948 - 2022

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