Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (born 1946) is the current Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and the Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai.

He first became Prime Minister on 9 December 1971 and served until 25 April 1979 when he was replaced by his father Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Following the latter's death on 7 October 1990 he resumed his position as Prime Minister and also took over as Ruler of the Emirate.

Sheikh Maktoum runs the emirate of Dubai along with his two brothers, Sheikh Mohammed (Crown Prince and Minister of Defence) and Sheikh Hamdan (Minister of Finance) of the United Arab Emirates.