/uae ruler.webp "Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan listens to closing remarks during the closing ceremony of a GCC summit in Kuwait on 15 December, 2009 (Reuters)")
United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan died at the age of 73, state news agency WAM reported on Friday.
Sheikh Khalifa served as the president of the UAE and Ruler of Abu Dhabi since November 2004.
“The Ministry of Presidential Affairs condoles the people of the UAE, the Arab and Islamic nation, and the world over the demise of His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the president of the UAE,” a WAM statement read.
