UAE President Khalifa dies, government announces 40-day national mourning
2022-05-14 10:34:15Source: CCTV
On the 13th local time, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan passed away.
The UAE Ministry of Presidential Affairs has announced a 40-day national mourning for President Khalifa, with flags flying at half-staff across the country in mourning.
UAE government agencies, federal and local agencies, and the private sector will suspend work for 3 days.
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan was born in 1948 and was established as the crown prince of Abu Dhabi in 1969; after the death of Zayed, the founding president of the UAE, in 2004, he was elected as the new president.
During Khalifa’s reign, he made great contributions to the economic and social development of the UAE, and once invested to help Dubai survive the 2008 financial crisis. The world‘s tallest building in Dubai, the Burj Khalifa, is named after him. (Headquarters reporter Li Chao Zhouxuan)