Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan Cause Of Death, Obituary Not Yet Available – Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan, the president of the United Arab Emirates, died on Friday, 13th May 2022 at the age of 73, according to state news outlets, who also announced a 40-day period of mourning.
According to cnbc.com, Sheikh Khalifa was the oldest son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the country’s founder, and was born in Abu Dhabi in 1948, 23 years before the UAE was founded in 1971. After his father died in 2004, he became president.
He was the crown prince of Abu Dhabi and the president of Abu Dhabi’s Supreme Petroleum Council, the oil-rich emirate’s highest energy decision-making body, before assuming the presidency.
“The Ministry of Presidential Affairs has mourned to the UAE people, Arab and Islamic nations and the world the death of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who passed away on Friday, 13th May 2022, wishing Allah Almighty to grant him eternal peace”
Since 2004, Sheikh Khalifa has served as the Gulf country’s second president. He is credited with bringing the United Arab Emirates, a modest desert sheikhdom with seven emirates, to international prominence and guiding the country through the 2008 financial crisis.
Sheikh Khalifa suffered a stroke in 2014 and underwent surgery; since then, he has been rarely seen in public. His role remained mostly ceremonial after that, while he continued to issue decrees, and his brother, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, is widely regarded as the UAE’s de-facto ruler, overseeing the country’s daily operations.
