Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan becomes UAE's president
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rulers inside the United Arab Emirates announced Saturday that they unanimously appointed Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan while the president of this hereditarily ruled nation on the Arabian Peninsula.
The state-run WAM report agency said the rulers of the country's septet sheikhdoms made the decision at a gathering held inside Al Mushrif Palace inside Abu Dhabi.
It comes following the late President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan died Friday at number of years 73. The alter of ability marks only the third hour dated this U.S.-allied nation of septet sheikhdoms has selected a president since becoming an self-governing nation inside 1971.
The last, which saw Sheikh Khalifa lay clasp of over for both his with every one other accompanied by Sheikh Mohammed's father, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, came following his demise inside 2004. The rate of Saturday's announcement, fair a day following Sheikh Khalifa's death, appeared designed to show unity with every one other accompanied by reassure the world of the stability of this crucial oil-and-gas producing nation that hosts Western military forces.
WAM described the ballot while unanimous among the rulers of the country's sheikhdoms, which too includes the skyscraper-studded city of Dubai.
"We congratulate him, with every one other accompanied by we pledge allegiance to him, with every one other accompanied by our people pledge allegiance to him," Dubai's ruler, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said on Twitter following the vote. "The whole country is led by him to lay clasp of it on the paths of glory with every one other accompanied by honor, God willing."
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The UAE while a whole is observing a three-day mourning time which will see businesses shut across the country with every one other accompanied by performances halted inside Sheikh Khalifa's honor. Electronic billboards all showed the late sheikh's likeness inside Dubai on Friday darkness while flags flew at half-staff.
Sheikh Mohammed, 61, had been serving while the UAE's de facto president since a 2014 blow saw his half-brother Sheikh Khalifa vanish from condition view. Under his leadership, the UAE took on a additional military-focused approach inside the region, joining Saudi Arabia inside their bloody, yearslong war inside Yemen that still rages to this day.
Sheikh Mohammed too lengthy has been doubtful of both the Muslim Brotherhood with every one other accompanied by Iran, probable organizing a military operation targeting Islamists inside the UAE following the 2011 Arab Spring with every one other accompanied by urging the West to lay clasp of a harder dash in the direction of Tehran over concerns concerning its nuclear program with every one other accompanied by its support of paramilitary groups all over the region.
Since the coronavirus pandemic, however, the UAE under Sheikh Mohammed has sought to rehabilitate ties to Iran with every one other accompanied by Turkey, which has backed Islamists inside the region.
"The smooth alter of ability inside the UAE reflects the sobriety of institutional labour with every one other accompanied by the state-of-the-art flat of governance mechanisms with every one other accompanied by their stability," said Anwar Gargash, a older Emirati diplomat.
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