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Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has died.

He was 62 years old.

A statement from the Ministry of Presidential Affairs confirmed that His Highness died earlier this morning in Australia.

The President of the UAE, His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nayhan, mourned the death of Shaikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

The statement added that the UAE had lost a historical leader from its leaders who dedicated his life to building the country, and strove to do his best for its people.

The statement added that Shaikh Maktoum was a generous and giving man whose memory will be ingrained in the consciousness of the nation.

The official mourning period will last for 40 days, when all UAE flags will fly at half mast.

Ministries and government organisations will be closed for seven days.

Funeral to be held on Thursday
The funeral of Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum will take place on Thursday morning.

The ceremony will be held at the Umm Hurair cemetery in Bur Dubai after his body arrives back in Dubai from Australia.

The funeral prayer will be read at the Zaabeel mosque in Dubai at 10am.

Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, will accept condolences alongside Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, deputy ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance and Industry, and the Maktoum Family, at the palace of Shaikh Mohammad in Zaabeel for three days, beginning from Thursday.

Your tributes to Shaikh Maktoum
His Highness Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai has died.

The oldest of four children, he became prime minister of the UAE and ruler of Dubai in 1990 following the death of his father Shaikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum.

Under his stewardship, Dubai has grown exponentially into one of the most progressive, modern and important cities in the Middle East.

Send us your memories, tributes or thoughts on Shaikh Maktoum by emailing tributes@gulfnews.com

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