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Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

1918 - 2004

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Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان, romanized: Zāyid bin Sulṭān Āl Nahyān; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati royal, politician, philanthropist and the founder of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates from its independence on 2 December 1971. He retained his position as Abu Dhabi's ruler from 1971 until his death in 2004. He is revered in the United Arab Emirates as the Waalid al-Ummah ("Father of the Nation"), credited for being the principal driving force behind the unification of the United Arab Emirates. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is the 1,755th most popular politician (down from 1,316th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from United Arab Emirates (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Emirati Politician.

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan is most famous for being the first president of the United Arab Emirates.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ranks 1,755 out of 19,576. Before him are Arghun, Halford Mackinder, Conradin, Alcide De Gasperi, Anna Jagiellon, and Inge I of Norway. After him are Hiero II of Syracuse, An Lushan, Giorgia Meloni, Isaac I Komnenos, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, and Choi Kyu-hah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ranks 20. Before him are Helmut Schmidt, Frederick Sanger, Alberto Ascari, Ernst Otto Fischer, Kai Siegbahn, and Katherine Johnson. After him are Takashi Kasahara, Jens Christian Skou, Jørn Utzon, Ken Miles, Martin Ryle, and William Holden. Among people deceased in 2004, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ranks 18. Before him are Francis Crick, Peter Ustinov, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Susan Sontag, Françoise Sagan, and Christopher Reeve. After him are Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Janet Leigh, Sune Bergström, Maurice Wilkins, and Akhmad Kadyrov.

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In United Arab Emirates

Among people born in United Arab Emirates, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ranks 4 out of 49. Before him are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1949), Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948), and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1961). After him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943), Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912), Mohammed Ben Sulayem (1961), Ahmad ibn Mājid (1432), Sarla Thakral (1914), Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939), Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra (632), and Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Arab Emirates

Among politicians born in United Arab Emirates, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ranks 4. Before him are Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1949), Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948), and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1961). After him are Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943), Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912), Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939), Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931), Ali Bujsaim (1959), Khaldoon Al Mubarak (1975), Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum (1982), and Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum (1985).

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