Sheikh Zayed

His Highness Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the most outstanding leader in the history of the world, was born in 1918 and named after his grandfather. He was the youngest son of Sheikh Sultan, the traditional ruler of Abu Dhabi from 1922 to 1926, and he grew up in Al Ain where he spent most of his life. He was the ruler of Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates for 30 years. Sheikh Zayed was appointed by the other six Sheikhs in 1971 to be president of UAE. The main reason why UAE completely transformed was the discovery of oil in 1958.Sheikh Zayed brought together the seven separate Emirates. The great oil boom brought a huge income to the UAE, and .Sheikh Zayed handed out oil revenues to his people. Sheikh Zayed began to transform his country. He assembled a government, and he created departments for water, judiciary, health, education, police, finance, and communication. Sheikh Zayed provided housing facilities, schools and health care centers for his people, he also constructed an airport, sea port, huge roads and bridges to make transportation easier in his country. He planted thousands of trees and he improved irrigation, and these were his most enduring achievements. He was set as an example of the earth champions and also as a genius leader. Sheikh Zayed, who was deeply beloved by his people passed away on November 2, 2004. He was believed to be eighty-six years old. On November 3 Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his eldest son, was elected to be the ruler of Abu Dhabi.