Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
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Born	Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1950 (age 73–74) Bur Dubai, Dubai
Occupation	Major General
Title	Sheikh
Parent	Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Major General Sheikh Ahmed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Arabic: أحمد بن راشد آل مكتوم) (b. 1950 in Bur Dubai, Dubai) is the Deputy Chairman of Dubai Police & Public Security, Group Chairman of A.R.M. Holding and Dubai Real Estate Centre and Chairman of the Al Wasl FC club located in Dubai.

He is the fourth and youngest son of the late ruler, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912-1990) and the youngest brother of the Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, and Ruler of Dubai H.H. Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Thoroughbred horse racing

Since the 1980s, Sheikh Ahmed's family has been heavily involved in thoroughbred horse racing. His horse won the 1999 running of the Dubai Golden Shaheen in his native Dubai. Racing in the United Kingdom, his Thoroughbred racehorse Ameerat won the 2001 1,000 Guineas and Mtoto captured the 1987 and 1988 runnings of the Eclipse Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes plus the 1988 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. [1] His horses have also won Group One races in Ireland, France, Germany and Italy including the Irish St. Leger, Prix de la Salamandre, Grosser Preis von Baden and the Derby Italiano.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

16. Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum 8. Sheikh Maktoum bin Hasher Al Maktoum 4. Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum 2. Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum 5. Sheikha Hassa bin Al Marr 1. Sheikh Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 24. Sheikh Khalifa bin Shakbut Al Nahyan 12. Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan 6. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan 3. Sheikha Latifa bint Hamdan Al Nahyan 28. Sheikh Mejren 14. Sheikh Obaid bin Mejren 7. Sheikha Shamseh bint Obaid bin Mejren

References

• Ahmed bin Rashid Al Maktoum at AllBusiness.com