ABU DHABI - Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.(Brief Article)

From: APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy | Date: February 25, 2002 | Copyright information

Next to Shaikh Zayed, Shaikh Khalifa is the highest day-to-day authority in Abu Dhabi. Appointed crown prince in 1969, he is the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. His role as SPC chairman, however, has a greater effect in defining his powers because the SPC is the second most powerful body in Abu Dhabi. He does not play a hands-on role in the petroleum sector, although none of the decisions pertaini...

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