Sh Ahmad BinZayed AlNahyan confrmd dead

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It has been confirmed by the President of United Arab Emirates that his brother Sheikh Ahmed Bin Zayed has passed away in a glider crash in morroco.

March 27 Shaikh Ahmad missing after glider crash in Morocco

Pilot rescued, but search for Shaikh Ahmad continues after glider crash in Morocco.

Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works, is missing after a glider plane crashed into a lake in Morocco.

The pilot was rescued in good condition, but the search for Shaikh Ahmad is
continuing.

UAE rescue team continues search for Shaikh Ahmad in Morocco
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/ua...rocco-1.604554

Abu Dhabi: The UAE Search and Rescue Team is continuing the search for Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works, who is still missing following a glider accident on Friday.

The glider crashed into a lake near the Sidi Mohammad Bin Abdullah Dam near Rabat.

The Search and Rescue team, which left for Morocco on Friday, said that search operations are still ongoing with help from other international teams. However, the nature of the terrain is making the survey and tracking efforts especially challenging.

The pilot of the glider who was rescued after the crash is now in a stable condition.

The pilot who was rescued is in good condition, but the search for Shaikh Ahmad is continuing, the statement said, adding that a new statement would be issued about any developments.


Emirati volunteers join search operation for Shaikh AhmadMarch 30 8:50
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/go...ahmad-1.605274

Abu Dhabi: A group of Emirati volunteers were preparing to travel to Morocco on Monday to participate in the ongoing search and rescue operation for Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works.

Shaikh Ahmad went missing after a glider accident in Morocco on Friday, the Arabic newspaper Al Ittihad reported on Tuesday.

The search and rescue group came together as a team to offer assistance to the official search mission in Morocco because they felt it was a "national duty and that it was a spontaneous reaction", Al Ittihad reported.

The Emirati volunteers have also arranged for diving equipment to be shipped with them.

The UAE Search and Rescue Team is still continuing the search for Shaikh Ahmad whose glider had crashed into a lake near the Sidi Mohammad Bin Abdullah Dam near Rabat, reported WAM.

International rescue teams are also involved in the search mission but the nature of the terrain in the area made the search for Shaikh Ahmad extremely challenging.

The glider's pilot had been recued and is now in stable condition, according to reports.

UAE team narrows down search for Shaikh Ahmad March 30 12:50
http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/go...ahmad-1.605353

Rabat: The UAE search team is continuing its search for Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works, whose glider fell into a lake behind the Sidi Mohammad Bin Abdullah’s dam near the Moroccan city of Rabat.

The communiqué issued by the search team indicated that the search radius has been reduced after the expansive areas around the location were searched thoroughly.

The announcement also added that that the survey and combing process carried out by the UAE search team alongside several international search teams are ongoing and continues as Shaikh Ahmad has not been found as of yet.

The team expressed its high estimation of the cooperation and backing extended by the Moroccan government in this context to enable the search teams to continue its work relentlessly, 24 hours a day.

The statement also added that another communiqué will be issued with updates as they take place.

Shaikh Ahmad confirmed dead
March 30 16:52

Shaikh Khalifa confirms the death of Shaikh Ahmad

Rabat: Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Managing Director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (Adia) and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works, is dead.

The news was announced by President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.



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انا لله و انا اليه راجعون

May Allah have mercy on him and forgive him.

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Shaikh Ahmad was considered to be the one of the world’s youngest business executives and ranked 27th on the 2009 Forbes list of the world’s most powerful people

Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, 41, who heads Abu Dhabi’s sovereign investment fund — the largest of its kind in the world — crashed into a lake close to the Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdallah dam, about 25 miles (40km) south of Rabat on Friday

The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority is believed to have assets worth some $627 billion (£420 billion), mostly in Europe and North America, and drawn largely from the Gulf emirate’s oil surplus. Traditionally secretive about its operations.

Adia is believed to have assets worth between $500-$700 billion, but Shaikh Ahmad or the authority never confirmed Adia’s asset size.

Shaikh Ahmad had always avoided the limelight and gave very rare statements to the media.

Among the first decisions he took as a managing director was increasing the budget for training and cooperation programs with internationally-renowned academic institutions such as Harvard University.

A number of people who closely worked with him for Adia said: "For us, Shaikh Ahmad was very humble and unpretentious, highly accurate and realistic in organising and planning."

Born in 1969, Shaikh Ahmad was the younger brother of Shaikh Khalifa and had little media exposure. He was one of the youngest business executives and was ranked 27th on the 2009 Forbes list of the world's most powerful people.

Shaikh Ahmad's engagements and work in economics did not kept him away from engaging in humanitarian and social work.Ever since he was appointed as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Foundation for Charity and Humanitarian Works in 1996, he directly followed up on the Foundation's work.

Throughout his career, Shaikh Ahmad made significant and practical successes. He is well known of engaging in charity work and volunteering for several humanitarian organisations and charities in the UAE and overseas.

He was also known for his humanitarian initiatives and passion for sports and falconry.

Shaikh Ahmad is survived by his son, Zayed, who was born in 2008.

Just Like his Father Sheikh Zayed Bin sultan Aal Nahyan He Loved to help people , taking part in many huminatarian missions and charitable causes.

May Allah forgive him and accept from him his good deeds and reward him and May Allah forgive him any shortcommings n sins and May Allah enter him into paradise and give patience to his family.

1996: Shaikh Ahmad Bin Zayed is appointed the Chairman of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zayed Charity Foundation.

24/08/1997: Shaikh Ahmad is appointed the Under Secretary of Ministry of Finance and Industry by President His Highness Shaikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

21/07/2003: Shaikh Ahmad gives instructions to the administration department of Zayed Charity Foundation to establish a Chair of Ecology at the Arab Gulf University in Bahrain

15/09/2009: Shaikh Ahmad pays the debts of 221 prisoners and they are released as per a Presidential clemency during the month of Ramadan

11/01/2010: Shaikh Ahmad says in an interview to German business daily Handelsblatt that the US and Europe account for 60-80 per cent of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s investment portfolio.