DUBAI: Rulers within the United Arab Emirates introduced Saturday that they unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan because the president of this hereditarily dominated nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
The state-run WAM information company stated the rulers of the nation’s seven sheikhdoms made the choice at a gathering held in Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi.
It comes after the late President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died Friday. The transition of energy marks solely the third time this U.S.-allied nation of seven sheikhdoms has chosen a president since changing into an unbiased nation in 1971.
The final, which noticed Sheikh Khalifa take over for each his and Sheikh Mohammed’s father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, got here a month after his demise in 2004. The velocity of Saturday’s announcement, only a day later, appeared designed to point out unity and reassure the world of the soundness of this significant oil-and-gas producing nation that hosts Western navy forces.
WAM described the vote as unanimous among the many rulers of the nation’s sheikhdoms, which additionally consists of the skyscraper-studded metropolis of Dubai.
“We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our folks pledge allegiance to him,” Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, stated on Twitter after the vote. “The entire nation is led by him to take it on the paths of glory and honor, God prepared.”
The UAE as an entire is observing a three-day mourning interval which can see companies shut throughout the nation and performances halted in Sheikh Khalifa’s honor. Digital billboards all confirmed the late sheikh’s picture in Dubai on Friday night time as flags flew at half-staff.
The state-run WAM information company stated the rulers of the nation’s seven sheikhdoms made the choice at a gathering held in Al Mushrif Palace in Abu Dhabi.
It comes after the late President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died Friday. The transition of energy marks solely the third time this U.S.-allied nation of seven sheikhdoms has chosen a president since changing into an unbiased nation in 1971.
The final, which noticed Sheikh Khalifa take over for each his and Sheikh Mohammed’s father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, got here a month after his demise in 2004. The velocity of Saturday’s announcement, only a day later, appeared designed to point out unity and reassure the world of the soundness of this significant oil-and-gas producing nation that hosts Western navy forces.
WAM described the vote as unanimous among the many rulers of the nation’s sheikhdoms, which additionally consists of the skyscraper-studded metropolis of Dubai.
“We congratulate him, and we pledge allegiance to him, and our folks pledge allegiance to him,” Dubai’s ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, stated on Twitter after the vote. “The entire nation is led by him to take it on the paths of glory and honor, God prepared.”
The UAE as an entire is observing a three-day mourning interval which can see companies shut throughout the nation and performances halted in Sheikh Khalifa’s honor. Digital billboards all confirmed the late sheikh’s picture in Dubai on Friday night time as flags flew at half-staff.
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