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Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi ( ar, محمد بن حمد بن محمد الشرقي; born 1 April 1986) is the

Crown Prince A crown prince or hereditary prince is the heir apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The female form of the title is crown princess, which may refer either to an heiress apparent or, especially in earlier times, to the w ...

of the Emirate of Fujairah, in the

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. He is the eldest son of Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi, Member of the Supreme Council, Sheikh of Fujairah and Chairman of the Fujairah Foundation for Regions Development. He is a graduate of

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, London. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad, Crown Prince of Fujairah, married the daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE.

Family

In February 2009, he married his second cousin Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, daughter of the current ruler of

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and sister to both the

crown prince of Dubai The House of Maktoum ( ar, آل مكتوم ') is the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Dubai, and one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates. The family is a branch of the Bani Yas clan (a lineage the family shares with t ...

Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum and its deputy ruler

Maktoum bin Mohammed Al Maktoum Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum ( ar, مكتوم بن محمد بن راشد آل مكتوم; born 24 November 1983) is the Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Media I ...

. They have five children: * Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 29 December 2009). * Sheikha Aisha bint Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 1 November 2011). * Sheikha Fatima bint Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 11 March 2014). * Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (born 15 December 2015). * Sheikha Hind bint Mohammed bin Hamad Al Sharqi (born 22 June 2020).

Ancestry

The Crown Prince is descended from the 3 of the 6 royal families that rule the UAE

References

1986 births Living people Sheikhs of the Emirate of Fujairah Crown princes Webster University alumni {{UnitedArabEmirates-bio-stub