Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum was an Emirati royal and politician who served as the second vice president, first and third prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and as the ruler of Dubai. He was prime minister from 1971 to 1979 and from 1990 to 2006, he served as the ruler of Dubai from 1990 to 2006. He was succeeded after his death by his brother Sheikh Mohammed as Ruler of Dubai.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mohammed succeeded his brother Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum as UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai following the latter's death in 2006.
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum was an Emirati royal, politician and a founder of the United Arab Emirates. Al Maktoum was the first vice president and second prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, and was the ruler of Dubai. He ruled Dubai for 32 years from 1958 until his death in 1990. He was the vice president from the founding of the UAE until his death. Al Maktoum was the first vice president to serve as prime minister concurrently, when he became prime minister on 30 April 1979. Every prime minister after him was de facto also vice president.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, often referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is the current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the minister of presidential court and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is married to Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. A billionaire, through City Football Group he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs, including Manchester City FC.
Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi is an Emirati royal and politician who is the ruler of the Emirate of Fujairah, and was the first minister of agriculture and fisheries in the United Arab Emirates between 1971 and 1974.
The Marar is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a subsection of the Bani Yas.
The House of Al Falasi is both a name of a tribe and a name of its Al Maktoum branch.
Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is an Emirati royal and politician. He is the ruler's representative in Al Dhafrah region of Abu Dhabi. Sheikh Hamdan is a son of the late Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi. Hamdan is the younger brother of both former UAE president Khalifa bin Zayed and the current president, Mohamed bin Zayed.
Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician and distant cousin of the founder of UAE, the first President, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who was also the emir of Abu Dhabi emirate.
Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Dubai. She is the eldest child of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, and is the second wife of Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the younger half-brother of the president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
The dynasties of the United Arab Emirates consist of the six ruling families of the seven Emirates.
Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamed Al Hamed was an Emirati royal and politician who served as first minister of information and tourism of the United Arab Emirates and was member of the Abu Dhabi royal family.
Abdulaziz bin Humaid Al Nuaimi was Ruler of Ajman, one of the Trucial States, which today form the United Arab Emirates (UAE), from 1900 to 1910. He steered Ajman through a period in which tribal conflicts triggered instability throughout the coast but was to ultimately meet the fate he had himself engineered for his predecessor.
Mohammad Saeed Al Mulla was an Emirati banker and politician.
Mohammad AlMulla is an Emirati astronaut and one of the candidates chosen in the second batch of the UAE Astronaut Programme. He will train along the NASA Astronaut Group 23 of astronauts to the function of international mission specialist.
The political history of the United Arab Emirates covers political events and trends related to the history of the United Arab Emirates.
Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan (1935–2010) was an Emirati royal and the first interior minister of the United Arab Emirates. He also held other public posts which were mostly security-related.
