The day after the death of the President of the UAE, the Emir of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his younger brother, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan, took the vacant position, Al Jazeera reports..

On May 14, Mohammad was elected to the position of the Federal Supreme Council of the UAE.

Mohammad has been ruling the country since 2014, after Khalifa ibn Zayed had a stroke.

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Al Jazeera names 61-year-old Mohammad one of the most powerful leaders in the Arab world. A graduate of the British Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he commands one of the best equipped armies in the Gulf region.. During low-key leadership, the UAE sent a man into space, sent a probe to Mars and opened its first nuclear reactor.