Career
On September 18, 1966 the further president was appointed by the secretary ruler of Abu Dhabi and by Justice General of Abu Dhabi the in Western province.
In 1969 he was proclaimed the crown prince and became the head of the defense department and in 1971 he was appointed as a prime minister of Abu Dhabi and the Minister of defense and finance.
After two years Sheikh Nahyan became the vice president of UAE government and in 1974 – the head of the Executive Council in Abu Dhabi which helped him to realize a big program about the development of UAE.
In 2001 Sheikh Zayed was elected to this post for the seventh time. During his ruling seven emirates were thriving (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Un Al- Kaivan,Al Fujairah, Ras al-Khaimah).
On November 3, 2004 Sheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed Al Nahyan was elected the president of the country on the Federal Supreme Council Committee of UAE in which participated all the 7 heads of other emirates according the constitution. It happened after his father’s death who was respected not only in the Arabian world. There was 40-days mourning, a lot of important events were canceled, including the festival devoted to the end of the Ramadan and the international exhibition “Industrial show- 2004”.