The president of the United Arab Emirates Cheikh Khalifa ben Zayed al-Nahyane, died this Friday, May 13, 2022 at the age of 74, announced the United Arab Emirates.
Owner of several football clubs around the world via his holding company City Football Group and second richest man in the Persian Gulf and the 17th richest man in the world with a fortune of $ 19 billion in 2014, according to Forbes, he was one of the main actors in the ascent of his country on the international scene.
The Emirati government has declared “an official mourning and the flags put at half mast” for a period of 40 days, said the official news agency WAM.
