Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler Of Dubai And UAE Finance Minister, Passes Away

Fida Hussnain (@fidahassanain) Published March 24, 2021 | 11:47 AM

Sheikh Hamdan was brother of UAE Vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum.

DUBAI: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-March24th, 2021) United Arab Emirates Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum’s brother Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum passed away.

Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al-Maktoum was deputy ruler of Dubai and UAE minister of Finance and Industry.

Taking to Twitter, UAE ruler, Vice-President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohamamd Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum announced the sad demise of his brother.

Sheikh Hamdan was born on Dec 25^th, 1945 and was the second son of the late ruler Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

He got his formal education in Dubai, did his early school at the Al-Ahlia school in Dubai and completed his further studies at the Bell School of Languages in Cambridge.

He became the UAE’s first minister of Finance and Industry in 1971, a position he held until his death. Sheikh Rashid played an important role in developing the country’s financial policies and the government spending.