March 26, 2025

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Dubai deputy ruler and UAE finance minister, Sheikh Hamdan, dies

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Sheik Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai’s deputy ruler and the United Arab Emirates’ very long-serving finance minister, has died, Dubai’s ruler said on Wednesday.

Sheik Hamdan, 75, was the brother of the ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum. He experienced been unwell for some months and had medical procedures overseas in October.

Dubai’s ruler bid farewell to “my brother, my guidance, my lifelong pal.”

The UAE’s de facto ruler, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nayhan, tweeted: “Nowadays we shed just one of the UAE’s trustworthy adult males following a life wealthy with giving and correct patriotic do the job.”

Funeral prayers will be limited to relatives users because of to the (COVID-19) pandemic, the Dubai Media Workplace said.

Dubai declared 10 times of mourning with flags to be flown at 50 percent-mast and a closure of governing administration establishments in the emirate for a few times as of Thursday.

In 2008, Dubai’s ruler recognized the line of succession in the emirate by naming his son Hamdan, 38, as crown prince. His other son Maktoum is also a deputy ruler of Dubai.

Sheik Hamdan experienced been the UAE’s finance minister due to the fact 1971. The UAE also has a minister of state for financial affairs, Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, who has held the write-up since 2008.

The emirate, part of the UAE federation, is the Center East’s company, trade and tourism hub. 

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