Ahmed bin Sultan Al Qasimi is recorded in this encyclopedia from the source named below.
Overview
Sheikh Ahmed bin Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi (Arabic: أحمد بن سلطان القاسمي; 1948 – 9 July 2020) was an Emirati royal and politician who served as Deputy Ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah from 1990 until his death. A member of the ruling Al Qasimi family of Sharjah, he was a son of Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi II, Ruler of Sharjah from 1924 to 1951, and a brother of Sheikh Saqr bin Sultan Al Qasimi, who ruled the emirate from 1951 to 1965. One of the statesmen of the UAE's founding era, Ahmed bin Sultan joined the country's first cabinet in the reshuffle of 19 February 1972 as minister of justice; he retained the justice portfolio in the second cabinet of 1973, then served as a minister of state in the 1977 and 1979 formations, remaining in the government until the formation of the fifth cabinet on 20 November 1990. That year, Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah, appointed him Deputy Ruler, a post he held for some thirty years. He also chaired Sharjah's Petroleum Department (later known as the Petroleum Council), chaired the board of the Sharjah Liquefied Gas Company (SHALCO), and was honorary chairman of Dana Gas.
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