Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum facts for kids

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Presidential styles of; Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Reference style	His Excellency Sheikh
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Alternative style	Mr. Vice President or Prime Minister

Full name
	Mohamed bin Rashid bin Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum

Quick facts for kids
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Quick facts for kidsMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
	His Excellency; GBE
	Al Maktoum in 2007
Vice President of the United Arab Emirates;
In office	5 January 2006 – present
Predecessor	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates;
In office	11 February 2006 – present
Predecessor	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Defence;
In office	9 December 1971 – present
Predecessor	Position established
President	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan;
Ruler of Dubai;
Reign	4 January 2006 – present
Predecessor	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Born	15 July 1949 (age 71); Al Shindagha, Dubai, Trucial States; (now United Arab Emirates)
Spouse	Hind bint Maktoum bin Juma Al Maktoum (m. 1979) ; Haya bint Hussein; (m. 2004; div. 2019) ;
Issue	See list
Full name
	Mohamed bin Rashid bin Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum
Arabic	محمد بن راشد ال مكتوم
House	Al Maktoum
Father	Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Mother	Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan
	Police career
Department	Dubai Police Force
Years of service	1968–1970
Rank	Head of Dubai Police and Public Security

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum GBE (Arabic: محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم; Muḥammad bin Rāshid al Maktūm; born 15 July 1949) is the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.

He is responsible for the growth of Dubai into a global city, as well as the launch of a number of major enterprises including Emirates Airline, DP World, and the Jumeirah Group. Many of these are held by Dubai Holding, a company with multi-diversified businesses and investments. Sheikh Mohammed has overseen the development of numerous projects in Dubai including the creation of a technology park and a free economic zone, Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City, the Dubai International Finance Centre, the Palm Islands and the Burj Al Arab hotel. He also drove the construction of Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

Images for kids

Sheikh Mohammed at the Dubai Air Show in 2007
Mohammed bin Rashid with then Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in March 2010.
Mohammed bin Rashid with then President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in April 2014.
Maktoum at the World Economic Forum Summit on the Global Agenda, 2008
Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach
Palm Jumeirah seen from space.
Mohammed bin Rashid participating in an endurance riding.
Sheikh Mohammed's daughter Latifa escaped Dubai before being captured in the Indian Ocean
Princess Haya bint Hussein