INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
(Reuters) - United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, state news agency WAM reported on Friday
He was also ruler of Abu Dhabi emirate.Under the constitution, vice-president and premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of
Dubai, will act as president until the federal council which groups the rulers of the seven emirates meets within 30 days to elect a new
president.Khalifa, who was born in 1948, came to power in 2004 in the richest emirate Abu Dhabi and became the head of state
He is expected to be succeeded as ruler of Abu Dhabi by his half-brother Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan.Mohammed bin Zayed
has been the de facto ruler of the U.S.-allied UAE, particularly after Khalifa suffered a stroke in 2014, following which he has rarely been
seen in public.Source: Reuters--Agencies
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