Hh Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Born 7 september 1948.

Hh sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan. His eldest brother sheikh shakhbut bin sultan al nahyan became ruler of abu dhabi after their uncle saqr bin zayed al nahyan his mother was sheikha salama bint butti. His focus on the development of the. The year of zayed will highlight the role of the late leader in establishing the uae and his local regional and international achievements. It was on november 2 2004 when shaikh khalifa succeeded his father late shaikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan as president of the uae ruler of abu dhabi and commander of the armed forces.

His highness sheikh mohamed bin zayed al nahyan crown prince of abu dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the uae armed forces is the son of the late sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan father of the nation and the first president of the uae and the brother of his highness sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan president of the uae. Following the principles of leadership laid down by his father the late sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan hh sheikh khalifa maintains close links with the emirati people and strongly promotes solidarity between the arab states. 2018 will mark 100 years since the birth of hh sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan and thus in honour of what shall be a great year here are ten facts about our founding father that you probably didn. Sheikh khalifa declared 2018 the year of zayed to mark the 100th birth anniversary of sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan the founding president of the uae.

Zayed was the youngest of four sons of sheikh sultan bin khalifa al nahyan. Hh sheikh khalifa bin zayed al nahyan. Zayed was the youngest of his four brothers. Born in the inland oasis city of al ain in 1948 hh sheikh khalifa was educated in the local school.

Hamdan bin mubarak al nahyan minister of public works is his brother. United arab emirates university established in 1976 and the higher colleges of technology established in 1988. Hh sheikh khalifa assumed his posts as ruler of abu dhabi and president of the united arab emirates in 2004 after many decades working closely with his father hh sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan the founder of the federation. Referred to as sheikh khalifa is the current president of the united arab emirates the emir of abu dhabi the supreme commander of the united arab emirates armed forces and the chairman of the supreme petroleum council.

His father was the ruler of abu dhabi from 1922 until his death in 1926. In honour of our late founding father of the uae hh sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan 2018 has been announced as the year of zayed as to commemorate the achievements of the creator of the uae. Family and early life. Hh sheikh maktoum bin rashid al maktoum.

Khalifa bin zayed bin sultan al nahyan arabic. خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان. And president of the third zayed university established in 1998 until removed from these.