The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially elected its new president, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Saturday, after the country’s 18-year-old president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, passed away on Friday. reported. (WAM) reported.
On 14 May, the UAE Federal Council unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, also known as “MBZ”, as the head of the federation. The UAE Federal Supreme Council includes the leaders of the UAE’s seven emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah). , Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah).
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MBZ on Saturday replaced the late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the late UAE President, following his death on Friday, 13 May, after nearly two decades of leadership as President of the UAE from 2004 to 2022. Mohamed, 61, is his father’s brother. The late Caliph is 73 years old. Observers consider Mohammed the de facto leader of the UAE since 2014, when the Caliph suffered a stroke and subsequently retired from public life. While Mohamed has overseen key government decisions on behalf of the UAE over the past eight years, Khalifa has remained in the almost ceremonial role of the UAE President.
Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Queen of England II. Heads of state from around the world, including Elizabeth, expressed their condolences to the UAE on the Caliph’s death and congratulated Mohammed on his presidential election last weekend. Several world leaders arrived in Abu Dhabi on Monday, May 16. talk He personally delivered the messages to Mohamed, including a high-level delegation representing the administration of US President Joe Biden.
MBZ previously served as the Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and is known for transforming the federation’s armed forces into “one of the most influential in the Arab world”, according to experts who say he brought his military service to instill nationalism rather than rights. in the wealthy population,” Reuters said on May 14.
The news agency recalled that Sheikh Mohamed maintained “warm relations” with the administration of former US President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2021.
“[T]Two Gulf hawks lobbied Washington’s campaign of maximum pressure on Iran, circled Qatar in support of the Muslim Brotherhood, and launched a costly war to break the Houthis’ hold over Yemen, Reuters reported from the US-backed foreign office. . Sheikh Mohammed | Political studies in recent years.
“The UAE has been involved in conflicts from Somalia to Libya to Sudan before breaking the decades-old Arab deal by bringing Israel and Bahrain together in 2020 in US-brokered agreements known as the Abraham Accords, which angered the Palestinians. He mentioned the UAE under the unofficial leadership of .
Source: Breitbart
