Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi | |
Birth Date: | 15 December 1937 |
Birth Place: | Abu Dhabi, Trucial States (present-day United Arab Emirates) |
Office: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start: | 09 December 1971 |
Term End: | 20 November 1990 |
President: | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Primeminister: | |
Predecessor: | Office established |
Successor: | Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi |
Native Name Lang: | ar |
Relatives: | Ousha bint Khalifa Al Suwaidi (sister) |
Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi (; born 15 December 1937) is an Emirati politician who was the first minister of foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates from 1971 to 1990, and the personal representative of the president of the UAE. He is the son of Khalifa Bin Yousef Al Suwaidi. He played a significant role in the unification of the UAE and was the first to read the statement of the founding of the country on 2 December 1971.[1]