Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi | |||||
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Sheikh of Fujairah and member of the supreme | |||||
Born |
Fujairah, UAE |
25 September 1948 ||||
Spouse | Her Highness Sheikha Fatima bint Thani bin Saeed Al Maktoum (m. 1984) | ||||
Issue | Sheikha Sarra HH Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Rashid Sheikha Shamsa Sheikha Madiya Sheikh Maktoum |
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House | Al Sharqi | ||||
Father | Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi | ||||
Mother | Sheikha Fatima bint Rashid Al Nuaimi | ||||
Religion | Islam |
Full name | |
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Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdulla Al Sharqi |
Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 25 Sept 1948) is the current ruler of the Emirate of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He took over after the death of his father, Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi, in 1974. His mother, the late Sheikha Fatima bint Rashid Al Nuaimi, died in 2014.
Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi studied English at Eastbourne School of English in East Sussex from 1969 to 1970.
He attended the Mons Military Academy in 1970 and from 1971 to 1974 served as Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries of the UAE. The Sharqi family have a warm relationship with the Abu Dhabi ruling Nahyan family and the Dubai ruling family because of old relations forged for hundreds of years, because of the Al Hinawi alliance against the Al Ghuwafir alliance.
HH Shiekh Hamad has represented the president of the United Arab Emirates the most, in world leader conference, during the reign of the late Sheikh Zayed and the current president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan known to be an eloquent speaker, fluent with both languages English and Arabic.