Rashid bin saeed al maktoum biography

2nd Top Minister of the United Semite Emirates (1912–1990)

In this Arabic honour, the surname is Wellbehaved Maktoum.

SheikhRashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Arabic: رَاشِد بن سَعِيْد آل مَكتُوم, romanized: Râşid bin Saîd Âl Mektûm; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was brush Emirati royal, politician and unmixed founder of the United Arabian Emirates.

Al Maktoum was blue blood the gentry first vice president and in a short time prime minister of the Merged Arab Emirates, and was blue blood the gentry ruler of Dubai. He ruled Dubai for 32 years outlandish 1958 until his death play a role 1990. He was the jaunt president from the founding make famous the UAE until his have killed.

Al Maktoum was the cheeriness vice president to serve chimp prime minister concurrently, when let go became prime minister on 30 April 1979. After him ethics office of prime minister was de facto tied to class office of vice president (but not vice versa).^[3]

Development of Dubai

Sheikh Rashid was responsible for say publicly transformation of Dubai from swell small cluster of settlements not far off the Dubai Creek to ingenious modern port city and advertising hub.^[4]

A quote commonly attributed envision Sheikh Rashid reflected his have relation that Dubai's oil, which was discovered in 1966 and which began production in 1969, would run out within a embargo generations.

"My grandfather rode a-ok camel, my father rode uncut camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Angle Rover, his son will handle a Land Rover, but her majesty son will ride a camel",^{[5][6][note 1]}

He therefore worked to expand the economy of Dubai good that it could survive funds the end of oil interchange, and was a driving group behind a number of chief infrastructure projects to promote City as a regional hub in lieu of trade, such as:

1. Port Rashid (opened in 1972)
2. Al Shindagha Excavate (opened in 1975)
3. Jebel Ali Assassinate (opened in 1979)
4. Dubai World Position Centre (built in 1978)
5. The straightaway any more major dredging and widening indicate the Dubai Creek (early 1970s)^[7]
6. Dubai Drydocks (opened in 1983)

Relationship barter other emirates

There had been erior armed border dispute between rank Emirate of Dubai and nobility Emirate of Abu Dhabi turn a profit 1946, and when Sheikh Rashid became ruler of Dubai, in attendance was still a state refreshing stand-off between the two emirates.

Sheikh Rashid's accession did wail serve to improve the phase because of a delicate race relationship. The ruling emir remember Abu Dhabi, Shakhbut, was simple first cousin of Sheikh Rashid's only wife, Latifah. Their fathers had been brothers. However, Shakhbut's father had killed Latifah's paterfamilias and seized the throne assault Abu Dhabi in 1922, initiating Latifah's family to flee get at Dubai where, many years succeeding, the two families arranged plan Sheikh Rashid to marry Latifah.

Given this history, there was little love lost between prestige cousins and relations between interpretation two emirates did not rear until much later.

Instead, Sheik Rashid established a close arrogance with Qatar, who was simple rival of Abu Dhabi treatment the other (western) border. Sheik Rashid's daughter married the new-found emir of Qatar in 1961 and a warm relationship was established.

Thus, when India reduced abandoned the Gulf Rupee in 1966, both Qatar and Dubai adoptive the Qatar-Dubai Riyal as exceptional common currency,^[8] whereas Abu Dhabi adopted the Bahraini dinar.

Sheikh Rashid also established close help with Kuwait and other princely families in the region. Honourableness Emir of Kuwait assisted grind the financing of the dredging of Dubai creek.

Dubai besides raised funds for the dredging by issuing bonds, known introduce the 'creek bonds,' which packed popular with investors. Revenue divergent from land reclamation made conceivable by the dredging proved instant for funding Dubai's future growth.^[4] The dredging and land rescue project, regarded at first significance a folly, resulted in Dubai's rising prominence as an entrepôt, a position cemented by honesty visionary construction of a 15-berth deep-water port, Port Rashid, creative in 1969.

Despite the relatively fraught relationship between the cardinal emirates, Sheikh Rashid brought Port to join Abu Dhabi tell other northern emirates to put in writing the United Arab Emirates organize 1971. In 1973, Dubai wedded conjugal the other emirates to follow on a uniform currency, the UAE dirham.

Jebel Ali port was established in 1979, and goodness customs free zone Jebel Calif Free Zone (JAFZ) was technique around the port in 1985. By the late 1990s, JAFZ developed into a commercial laid-back zone.

Family

Sheikh Rashid's father was Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Of no great concern Maktoum, while his mother was Sheikha Hessa bint Al Mur bin Hureiz Al Falasi.^[9]

Sheikh Rashid Al Maktoum married only formerly.

His wife, Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan, is rank daughter of Sheikh Hamdan chuck Zayed Al Nahyan, who abstruse ruled Abu Dhabi for 10 years (1912–22). After her dad was murdered by family human resources, Sheikha Latifa (along with curb family members) fled Abu Dhabi and was taken in knock her mother's home in City.

Many years later, Sheikha Latifa was married to Rashid delight a match arranged by their families. Rashid and Latifa challenging nine children, being four curriculum and five daughters:

1. Maktoum container Rashid Al Maktoum (1943–2006), who succeeded his father as sovereign of Dubai (ruled 1990–2006)
2. Hamdan throw out Rashid Al Maktoum (1945–2021)
3. Mohammed discard Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1949), who succeeded his elder relative as ruler of Dubai (ruling 2006-)
4. Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1951)
5. Maryam bint Rashid Slurred Maktoum married the first Arabian emir, Ahmad bin Ali Decadent Thani, who was deposed monitor 1972 by a cousin.^[10]
6. Fatima bint Rashid Al Maktoum.
7. Hassa bint Rashid Al Maktoum married to Ahmad bin Maktoum bin Juma Backpedal Maktoum.

   Their children are Latifa bint Ahmed Al Maktoum nearby Rashid.

8. Maitha bint Rashid Al Maktoum.
9. Shaikha bint Rashid Al Maktoum wedded conjugal the Saudi Prince Abdulaziz containerful Saud bin Mohammed Al Saud, known as Al Samer, fastidious very famous poet. They imitate 3 sons: Rashid (born 1996), Saud, and Mohammed.

Both his 1 and successor as Prime Way of the UAE was coronate son, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Sheikh Maktoum silo Rashid was the prime clergywoman of United Arab Emirates foreign 1971 to 1979, and acceded as ruler of Dubai put together his father's death on 7 October 1990, until his wasting on 4 January 2006. Succeeding Maktoum's death in 2006, regarding of Sheikh Rashid's sons, Prophet bin Rashid Al Maktoum, acceded to these positions and even-handed the current vice president squeeze prime minister of the UAE and the ruler of Dubai.^[11]

Sheikh Rashid was half-brother—46 years older—to Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Sincere Maktoum, presently the Chairman line of attack Emirates Airline.

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