Health and education transformed during Sheikh Khalifa’s 18 years of progress – The National

Health and education transformed during Sheikh Khalifa’s 18 years of progress – The National

"While people are proud of their achievements, we are proud of being the children of Sheikh Zayed, and while people talk of their history, we speak of the history of giving that began with the formation of the UAE," said Sheikh Khalifa, epitomising the nations’s approach from the first day it was established to its phase of empowerment.

On November 4, 2004, Sheikh Khalifa assumed power and, up until his death, helped the country progress from the foundation phase to the empowerment stage.

Over this short period, the UAE topped international competitiveness indexes and became the second-largest economy in the Arab region, despite its small area and population.