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BREAKING: UAE elects new president
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reportedly been elected as the new president of the United Arab Emirates.
According to Khaleej Times, the election took place on Saturday, May 14.
The rulers of the United Arab Emirates’ seven sheikhdoms made the decision at a meeting.
Sheikh Mohamed is one of the Arab world’s most powerful leaders. A graduate of Britain’s Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Abu Dhabi, which holds most of the Gulf state’s oil wealth, has held the presidency since the founding of the UAE federation by Sheikh Khalifa’s father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in 1971.
