Company Insights Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Banking & Finance Abu Dhabi Investment Authority News A modernising leader who moved UAE closer to US Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died today, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach helped steer the United Arab Emirates through a tense era in regional politics by aligning the Gulf oil producer with Washington and its allies, including Israel. Khalifa, who was born in 1948, had been ruler of the richest emirate, Abu […] May 13, 2022 People & Lifestyle 1948-2022: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s timeline September 7 1948: Sheikh Khalifa was born in the inland oasis-city of Al Ain. 1966: He was appointed Ruler’s Representative in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi and Head of the Courts Department in Al Ain. 1969: Sheikh Khalifa was nominated Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and appointed Head of the Abu Dhabi Department of […] May 13, 2022 Posts navigation Previous 1 … 13 14
A modernising leader who moved UAE closer to US Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died today, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach helped steer the United Arab Emirates through a tense era in regional politics by aligning the Gulf oil producer with Washington and its allies, including Israel. Khalifa, who was born in 1948, had been ruler of the richest emirate, Abu […] May 13, 2022
People & Lifestyle 1948-2022: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s timeline September 7 1948: Sheikh Khalifa was born in the inland oasis-city of Al Ain. 1966: He was appointed Ruler’s Representative in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi and Head of the Courts Department in Al Ain. 1969: Sheikh Khalifa was nominated Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and appointed Head of the Abu Dhabi Department of […] May 13, 2022
