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JUST IN: UAE president dies at 73

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UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has reportedly died today, Friday May 13.

 

This is according to a statement released by the state news agency, WAM.

 

“The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nation and the world over the demise of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the UAE.”

 

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was in power from November 3rd 2004, as the president of the UAEUAE and Ruler of Abu

 

He succeeded his late father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was UAE’s first president since the union in 1971.

 

Sheikh Khalifa was the second President of the UAE and the 16th Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

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