A look at His Highness through each decade

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai is celebrating his 70th birthday today. So we’re celebrating his life through the decades. 

1960s 

At Mons Officer Cadet School in Aldesrhot, United Kingdom in 1968

1970s

Sheikh Mohammed as the the UAE’s first and youngest Minister of Defense 

1980s 

Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid is seen with Sheikh Rashid during a visit to the Northern Emirates in 1980

1990s

Watching his horses walk in the Belmont Paddock during the Breeder’s Cup in New York in 1995

2000s 

Receiving a trophy from King Abdullah of Jordan in Manama after the Bahrain Endurance Ride, an equestrian marathon, in 2000

2010s

On his sons’ wedding day in Dubai in May 2019

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