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Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Emirati politician, 1st Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1946)
Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: مكتوم بن راشد آل مكتوم; Maktūm bin Rāshid Āl Maktūm; 1943 – 4 January 2006) was the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the ruler of Dubai from 7 October 1990 until 4 January 2006.

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