UAE President dies
Mako Jerera
President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Khalifa has died.
He was 73.
The news was announced on Friday afternoon by state news agency Wam.
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, helped steer his country through the worst days of the global financial crisis and oversaw a rapid economic transformation.
He had been in office since 2004.
Sheikh Khalifa also served as ruler of the emirate of Abu Dhabi, the largest and wealthiest of the UAE’s seven sheikhdoms.
The Ministry of Presidential Affairs announced that there will be 40 days of official mourning with flags at half mast, and three days closure of ministries and official entities at the federal and local levels, and the private sector.
In a statement published by Wam, the Ministry of Presidential Affairs expressed its condolences to the people of the UAE, Arab and Islamic nations and the world on the death of the leader of the nation, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the country.
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