MBZ names his son Khaled crown prince of Abu Dhabi

On 29 March 2023 UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed designated his eldest son, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed — already chair of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and the emirate's security apparatus — as crown prince of Abu Dhabi, making him heir apparent. The move (alongside top posts for MBZ's brothers) entrenched a direct father-to-son succession line in the federation's dominant emirate.

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Politicians

Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed head-of-state

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). MBZ names his son Khaled crown prince of Abu Dhabi [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1f543617-dc53-4a08-90a1-a6caa316d5d9

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Gara, Tarek. 2026. "MBZ names his son Khaled crown prince of Abu Dhabi." Event record, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed July 27, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1f543617-dc53-4a08-90a1-a6caa316d5d9.

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@misc{tayyar-event-1f543617-dc53-4a08-90a1-a6caa316d5d9,
  title     = {{MBZ names his son Khaled crown prince of Abu Dhabi}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/1f543617-dc53-4a08-90a1-a6caa316d5d9},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2023-03-29. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2023-03-29. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.