Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cause Of Death
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cause Of Death: All you need to know about the death of the UAE President.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the President of the United Arab Emirates, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, and the supreme commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces from 2004 to 2022.
He was also the Chairman of the Supreme Petroleum Council from the late 1980s.
As the crown prince, Khalifa was responsible for some aspects of the presidency from the late 1990s until his father Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan’s health problems.
He succeeded his father as the emir in Abu Dhabi on the 2nd of November 2004, and the presidency of the United Arab Emirates on the following day.
He was one of the most wealthy monarchs in the world during his reign. He was the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which managed $875 billion of assets. This is the largest asset management organization by a head of state of a country. The Al Nahyan family collectively is thought to have a fortune worth $150 billion.
On 4 January 2010, the world’s tallest man-made structure, originally known as Burj Dubai, was renamed the Burj Khalifa in his honor, after Abu Dhabi gave Dubai $10 billion to help pay off debts. Forbes included Khalifa on its 2018 list of the most powerful people in the world.
Khalifa suffered a stroke in January 2014. He was then stabilized after the surgery. Khalifa then took a lower profile role in state affairs, but still retained his ceremonial presidency powers.
His half-brother Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan handled public affairs of state and day to day decision-making for the Emirate.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Cause Of Death
Sheikh Khalifa died on May 13, 2022, at the age of 73. The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced that there would be a 40-day national mourning, with flags at half-staff and a three-day suspension of work in private companies and official entities at both the federal and local levels of government.
Many Arab League countries also declared state mourning. Bahrain, Oman, Mauritania, Lebanon, and Qatar declared official mourning. Flags were at half-mast for three consecutive days.
In Jordan, mourning was declared over forty days, while flags were flown at half-mast for 40 days in Kuwait.
Cause of death has not been revealed at the moment.
Sheikh Khalifa was born on September 7, 1948, in Qasr AlMuwaiji, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
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Source: Kingaziz.com
