Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is an Emirati politician and royal who is the current ruler of Dubai, and serves as the vice president, prime minister, and minister of defense of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Mohammed succeeded his brother Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum as UAE vice president and ruler of Dubai following the latter's death in 2006.
Sheikh Mohammed in 2021
Mohammed at the Dubai Air Show, 2007
Mohammed with Indonesian Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, July 2022.
With Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh (right), March 2010
The Ruler of Dubai is the position of the hereditary monarch and head of government of the Emirate of Dubai, one of the six ruling families of the UAE. The Ruler is also considered the head of the House of Maktoum, the royal family of Dubai. After the unification of the Emirate of Dubai within the United Arab Emirates, the Ruler of Dubai nominally assumes the position of Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and sits at the seat reserved for Dubai at the Federal Supreme Council.
Ruler of Dubai
The current head of the family, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Image: Sheikh Said and Sheikh Juma Al Maktoum
Image: Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum