Sheikh UAE Biography

He ruled the country since the year. Belongs to the tribe of the bathhouse, which forms the basis of the tribal union of the same name. He received traditional family education and education. In the year he received the title of Crown Prince Abu Dhabi and took up the post of head of the Department of Defense of the Emirate. In the year, he was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister in the Federal Government of the UAE.

In these posts, Sheikh Caliph paid great attention to the development and modernization of infrastructure, services, and organizing a modern state apparatus. On his initiative, the Department of Social Services and Commercial Construction was established, which received the unofficial name "Committee of Sheikh Khalifa." The department led construction projects in Abu Dhabi. In subsequent years, he occupied a number of important government posts in Abu Dhabi, in particular, headed the High Council for Oil, the Arab Economic Development of Abu Dhabi.

The President’s election of the Higher Council of the UAE on November 3, the main body of state power, consisting of the rulers of the seven Emirates, elected Khalif Ben Zaid Al Nahayan by the president of the country for a period of five years despite the fact that the president’s position is inherited and belongs to Emir Abu Dhabi. Subsequently, Sheikh Caliph was re -elected in, and years.

As the head of state, he also held the post of Supreme Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of the UAE. Under Sheikh Chalice, a law on elections was adopted in the year, according to which the first elections to the Federal National Council in the country's history were held in the same year - the advisory body of a parliamentary type earlier was appointed by rulers in proportion to each emirate.

In the year, Sheikh Caliph introduced mandatory military service for the subjects of the Emirates. In the year, the Caliph government decriminalized the use of alcohol and cohabitation out of marriage. In the year, foreigners were given the right to obtain citizenship of the country. In the years of the UAE, they participated in the Arab coalition led by Saudi Arabia in the war in Yemen on the side of government troops fighting the Shiite rebels - Husites.

Prior to this, only Egypt and Jordan had diplomatic ties with Israel from the Arab countries. In the year, Sheikh Caliph suffered a stroke. The President of the UAE himself rarely appeared in public. After the death of Sheikh, the Caliphs Summer Crown Prince claims the post of President of the UAE. Sheikh Caliph was one of the richest monarchs in the world. He has two sons and six daughters.

Confessed Islam of Sunni.