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UAE emirate gets new crown prince

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EMIRATE RULER: Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla, who died on Jan. 2. (WAM)
EMIRATE RULER: Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla, who died on Jan. 2. (WAM)

Supreme council member and ruler of Umm Al-Quwain, Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla, has issued a decree appointing Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla as crown prince of Umm Al-Quwain.

According to news agency WAM, Emiri Decree no. 1 of 2009 takes effect from Jan. 13, 2009 and would be published in the official gazette.

Umm al-Quwain is the one of the smallest of the seven emirates comprising the UAE.

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The emirate was ruled until his death by Sheikh Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mualla, who was a member of the UAE's Supreme Council since 1981. He died on January 2, 2009, in London.

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