Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi

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Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi سلطان بن محمد القاسمي
Sultan in 2017
Ruler of Sharjah
Reign	25 January 1972 – present
Predecessor	Khalid bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Heir presumptive	Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II
UAE Minister of Education
In office 9 December 1971 – 19 February 1972
President	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Abdullah Omran Taryam
Born	(1939-07-02) 2 July 1939 (age 85) Sharjah, Trucial States
Spouse	Jawaher bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi
Issue	Azza bint Sultan Mohammed bin Sultan Bodour bint Sultan Noor bint Sultan Hoor bint Sultan Khalid bin Sultan
House	Al Qasimi
Father	Mohammed bin Saqr bin Khalid Al Qasimi
Mother	Maryam bint Ghanem bin Salem Al Shamsi

Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (Arabic: سلطان بن محمد القاسمي, romanized: Sulṭān bin Muḥammad al-Qāsimī; born 2 July 1939) is the ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates.^[1]

He has ruled Sharjah continuously since January 1972, apart from a seven-day period in June 1987, during an attempted coup led by his elder brother Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi.^[2]