Dubai: Rulers United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday that he unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan As the President of this genetically ruled nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
State-run WAM news agency said the rulers of the country’s seven sheikhs took the decision at a meeting held at the Al Mushrif Palace. Abu Dhabi,
it comes after the late president Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Died on Friday. The change of power is only the third time this US-allied nation of seven sheikhs has elected a president since becoming an independent nation in 1971.
The last, in which Sheikh Khalifa took over for both himself and Sheikh Mohammed’s father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, came a month after his death in 2004. The motion of Saturday’s announcement, a day later, was designed to show unity and reassure the world about the stability of this vital oil and gas-producing nation that hosts Western military forces.
WAM described the vote as a consensus among the rulers of the country’s sheikhs, including the skyscraper city of Dubai.
“We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our people pledge allegiance to him,” Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Twitter after the vote. The path of glory and honor, the will of God. ,
United Arab Emirates A three-day mourning period is being observed overall, in which businesses across the country will be closed and demonstrations in honor of Sheikh Khalifa will stop. Electronic billboards showed an image of the late Sheikh in Dubai on Friday night, when flags were waved at half-staff.
State-run WAM news agency said the rulers of the country’s seven sheikhs took the decision at a meeting held at the Al Mushrif Palace. Abu Dhabi,
it comes after the late president Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Died on Friday. The change of power is only the third time this US-allied nation of seven sheikhs has elected a president since becoming an independent nation in 1971.
The last, in which Sheikh Khalifa took over for both himself and Sheikh Mohammed’s father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, came a month after his death in 2004. The motion of Saturday’s announcement, a day later, was designed to show unity and reassure the world about the stability of this vital oil and gas-producing nation that hosts Western military forces.
WAM described the vote as a consensus among the rulers of the country’s sheikhs, including the skyscraper city of Dubai.
“We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our people pledge allegiance to him,” Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said on Twitter after the vote. The path of glory and honor, the will of God. ,
United Arab Emirates A three-day mourning period is being observed overall, in which businesses across the country will be closed and demonstrations in honor of Sheikh Khalifa will stop. Electronic billboards showed an image of the late Sheikh in Dubai on Friday night, when flags were waved at half-staff.