United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, state information company WAM reported on Friday. He used to be additionally ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate.
Underneath the charter, vice-president and premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai, will act as president till the federal council which teams the rulers of the seven emirates meets inside of 30 days to elect a brand new president.
Khalifa, who used to be born in 1948, got here to energy in 2004 within the richest emirate Abu Dhabi and become the pinnacle of state. He’s anticipated to be succeeded as ruler of Abu Dhabi by means of his half-brother Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.
Mohammed bin Zayed has been the de facto ruler of the US-allied UAE, in particular after Khalifa suffered a stroke in 2014, following which he has infrequently been noticed in public.
