The federal supreme council of the United Arab Emirates
(UAE) has unanimously elected Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the new
president of the country.
The council, which is the highest constitutional authority
in the UAE, on Saturday, took the decision to elect Mohamed following the death
of Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
On Friday, UAE’s ministry of presidential affairs announced
the death of Khalifa, who had been the country’s president since November 2004.
Emirates New Agency, in a report, said the decision to elect Mohammed was based on Article 51 of the country’s constitution.
“The federal supreme
council today unanimously elected His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al
Nahyan as president of the United Arab Emirates,” the news agency said.
“The council held a meeting today at Al Mushrif Palace in
Abu Dhabi, headed by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice
President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.”
The development means that Mohamed is the third president of
the UAE since the formation of the union in 1971.
Mohamed was born on March 11, 1961. He became the crown
prince of Abu Dhabi in November 2004.
He assumed the acting president role of UAE in 2014 after
the late Khalifa suffered a stroke and had a surgical operation.
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