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Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi | |||||
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Ruler of Sharjah | |||||
Reign | 25 January 1972 – present | ||||
Predecessor | Khalid III bin Muhammad | ||||
Heir presumptive | Sultan bin Muhammed bin Sultan II bin Saqr | ||||
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 | Sharjah, Trucial States | 2 July 1939||||
Spouse | Jawaher bint Mohammed Al-Qasimi | ||||
Issue | Azza bint Sultan Mohammed bin Sultan (1974–99) Bodour bint Sultan Noor bint Sultan Hoor bint Sultan Khalid bin Sultan (1980–2019) | ||||
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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]