Sheikh khalifa: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was

Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was the second president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi from 2004 to 2022. He was the eldest son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE, and a pro-Western modernizer who attracted cultural and economic development to Abu Dhabi. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler of Abu Dhabi, was elected as the new President of the United Arab Emirates on November 3, succeeding his father, the late His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the second President of the United Arab Emirates which was established in 2 December 1971, and the 16th Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi; the largest of the seven established Emirates forming the Union. When late Sheikh Zayed moved to Abu Dhabi city to become the ruler of the emirate in August 1966, he appointed Sheikh Khalifa, then 18, as his representative in the Eastern Province and the ...