Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan President of the United Arab Emirates Incumbent Assumed office 3 November 2004 Prime Minister Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Preceded by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Acting) Personal details Born (1948-01-25) 25 January 1948 (age 67) Al Ain, Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates) Spouse(s) Shamsa bint Suhail Al Mazrouei Religion Islam Al Nahyan family HH Sheikha Hassa Al Nahyanel HH The President of the UAE HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikh Mohammed HH Sheikha Sheikha bint Madhad Al Mashghouni HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Fatima Al Ketbi HH The Crown Prince HH Sheikh Hamdan HH Sheikh Hazza HH Sheikh Tahnoun HH Sheikh Mansour HH Sheikh Abdullah HH Sheikha Alyazia HH Sheikha Shamma HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikh Saif HH Sheikh Ahmed HH Sheikh Hamed HH Sheikh Omar HH Sheikh Khalid HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Afra HH Sheikha Ayesha HH Sheikh Saeed HH Sheikh Falah HH Sheikh Nahyan HH Sheikh Diab HH Sheikha Latifa HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikha Wadeema HH Sheikha Sheikha HH Sheikha Maitha HH Sheikha Amna bint Salah Al Darmaki HH Sheikh Issa HH Sheikha Rawdha HH Sheikha Fatima Al Muhairi HH Sheikha Salamah This box: view talk edit Khalifa bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: خليفة بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان ; born 25 January 1948; referred to as Sheikh Khalifa) is the President of the United Arab Emirates, the Emir of Abu Dhabi and the commander of the Union Defence Force. He is also a prominent philanthropist, and has spent over $460 million in humanitarian projects from his personal fortune. He succeeded to the position of the Emir of Abu Dhabi on November 2004 after the death of his father Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, thereby becoming the President of the federation next day. Although as Crown Prince, he had effectively been acting president earlier since the late 1990s as his father was in ill health. Khalifa is also chairman of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, which manages over $600 billion in assets. while the Al Nahyan family is believed to have a fortune of $150 billion collectively as a family.