Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
After roughly a decade of de facto rule, he became the Ruler of Dubai on 4 January 2006, upon the death of Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum. The following day, the Federal National Council selected him as the new Vice President of the UAE. On 11 February, the Council approved President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan's nomination of Sheikh Mohammed for Prime Minister.