Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (25 January 1948 – 13 May 2022) was the President of the United Arab Emirates, Emir of Abu Dhabi, and commander of the UAE Armed Forces.
Khalifa Al Nahyan | |
---|---|
2nd President of the United Arab Emirates | |
In office 3 November 2004 – 13 May 2022 | |
Prime Minister | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Preceded by | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Succeeded by | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Ruler of Abu Dhabi | |
Reign 2 November 2004 – 13 May 2022 | |
Preceded by | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Succeeded by | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan 7 September 1948 Al Ain, Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates) |
Died | 13 May 2022 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates | (aged 73)
Spouse(s) | Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei (1964): 48 |
Children | 6, including Mohammed and Sultan |
Mother | Hassa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan |
Father | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Khalifa was born to Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first president of the United Arab Emirates (1971–2004) and emir of Abu Dhabi.
During his youth, he attended the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
He held a number of administrative posts throughout the 1960s before becoming the head of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force, which became the core of the UAE Armed Forces in 1971.
After the country became independent from the United Kingdom, Khalifa served in a number of government positions under his father. He was Defence Minister, Finance Minister, and Prime Minister. He also held a number of other administrative offices during the 1970s. In 1976, Khalifa became the deputy supreme commander of the armed forces under his father.
He succeeded his father as the President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi in November 2004. One of Khalifa's earliest reforms was announcing that the Federal National Council would have half its members elected, but the other half would be appointed by the emirs.
A leaked diplomatic cable signed by the U.S. ambassador in 2010 described Khalifa as being an "uncharismatic personage".
The Al Nahyan family had $150 billion net worth in total.
In January 2014, Khalifa had a stroke and had bad health afterwards.
Khalifa died on 13 May 2022 in Abu Dhabi at the age of 73.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia Simple English article Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license ("CC BY-SA 3.0"); additional terms may apply (view authors). Content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
®Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wiki Foundation, Inc. Wiki Simple English (DUHOCTRUNGQUOC.VN) is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wiki Foundation.