Khalifa bin Sajid Al Nahjan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi, died on Friday at the age of 73. After a stroke, he was rarely seen in public.
Longtime President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Khalifa bin Sajid Al Nahjan, is dead. He died on Friday at the age of 73, state news agency WAM reported. Sheikh Khalifa has ruled the country since 2004. He was also Emir of Abu Dhabi, the largest of the country’s seven emirates.
Sheik Khalifa suffered a stroke in 2014. At that time it was said that he was in a stable condition after a surgical intervention. He was rarely seen in public after that. The real strongman of the oil and gas-rich Emirates is his brother Mohammed bin Sajid, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
In 2011, according to Forbes, Khalifa was the fourth richest monarch with a fortune of $15 billion.
The government declared a 40-day national mourning, as WAM further reported. She also ordered work to be suspended for three days in all ministries, public institutions and the private sector.
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