Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Minister of Finance and Industry passed away. His brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, and Ruler of Dubai, shared the news through the official Twitter account.
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00:00Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Deputy Ruler of Dubai and the Minister of
00:04Finance and Industry in the UAE, passed away on Wednesday, March 24, 2021.
00:10His brother, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime
00:15Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, shared the news through his official Twitter account.
00:21Sheikh Hamdan was born on December 25, 1945,
00:25and was the second son of the late ruler Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum.
00:29Sheikh Hamdan's formal schooling began in Dubai. He did his early schooling at
00:33the Al Ahlya School and completed his further studies at the Bell School of Languages in
00:38Cambridge. Sheikh Hamdan became the UAE's first Minister of Finance and Industry in 1971,
00:44position he occupied until his death. He played an indispensable role in developing the country's
00:49financial policies and government spending. Sheikh Hamdan presided over Dubai Municipality
00:54as Chairman and the Information and Health Departments, Dubai World Trade Center, Dubai
00:59Aluminum and Dubai Natural Gas Company Limited, among others. On January 4, 1995, Sheikh Hamdan
01:06was appointed as the Deputy Ruler of Dubai. Sheikh Hamdan also funded many scholarships for
01:11students from around the world at Al Maktoum Institute. In 2006, Sheikh Hamdan received
01:16three certificates from the Royal British College, making him the first personality to attain such a
01:22distinction from the college. He was granted the Honorary Fellowship for Internal Medicine from the
01:27Royal British College London, the Honorary Fellowship for Internal Medicine from the
01:32Royal British College Edinburgh, and the Honorary Fellowship for the Internal Medicine and Surgery
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