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Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum dies
His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has died.
- WAM
- Published: 00:00 January 4, 2006
Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has died.
He was 62 years old.
A statement from the Ministry of Presidential Affairs confirmed that His Highness died earlier this morning.
The President of the UAE, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nayhan, mourned the death of Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
The statement added that the UAE had lost a historical leader from its leaders who dedicated his life to building the country, and strove to do his best for its people.
The statement added that Shaikh Maktoum was a generous and giving man whose memory will be ingrained in the consciousness of the nation.
The official mourning period will last for 40 days, when all UAE flags will fly at half mast.
Ministries and government organisations will be closed for seven days.
Shaikh Maktoum died in Australia.
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