2019 in the United Arab Emirates

← 2018 2017 2016 2019 in the United Arab Emirates → 2020 2021 2022
Decades:	1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2019 Timeline of Emirati history

Events in the year 2019 in the United Arab Emirates .

Incumbents

• President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
• Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Events

• January 5 – 2019 AFC Asian Cup begins in the UAE. ^[1]
• February 3 – Pope Francis makes a historic trip to Abu Dhabi. He, alongside Ahmed al-Tayeb, sign the Document on Human Fraternity. ^{[2] [3]}
• 14 March – 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games begins in Abu Dhabi. ^[4]
• 12 May – Four commercial ships were sabotaged off Fujairah's coast in the Gulf of Oman by a most likely "state actor", according to investigation. ^{[5] [6]}
• 5 October – 2019 Emirati parliamentary election for the Federal National Council starts. ^[7]
• 25 September – Hazza Al Mansouri launch aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station, becoming the first Emirati najmonaut. ^{[8] [9]}

Deaths

Main article: deaths in 2019

Further information: Category:2019 deaths

References

1. "AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019 stadiums and match dates confirmed". Asian Football Confederation.
2. "Pope Francis condemns 'misery' of war in historic first trip to Arab peninsula". NBC News .
3. "Pope Francis holds historic public mass in UAE". MSN . Archived from the original on February 13, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
4. Staff Report (November 16, 2016). "Abu Dhabi to host 2019 Special Olympic World Games".
5. Roth, Richard (June 7, 2019). "Initial findings on Gulf tanker attacks point to a 'state actor' but Iran not mentioned by name". CNN.
6. Karam, Joyce (June 7, 2019). "'State actor' likely to blame in Fujairah tanker attacks, report says". The National.
7. The nation votes: residents head to polling stations for landmark FNC elections The National, 5 October 2019
8. "UAE in space: Hazzaa al Mansoori to become first Emirati astronaut". BBC News. September 21, 2019.
9. "First glimpse of the rocket that will take Emirati astronaut Hazza to space". September 24, 2019.