Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum

Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Arabic: راشد بن سعيد آل مكتوم Rashid bin Sa ʿ Id al Maktoum, DMG Rasid b Sa ʿ Id al -Maktoum, . * 1912 in Dubai, † October 7, 1990 ibid ) was the first son of Sheikh Said bin Maktoum and eighth ruler of the emirate of Dubai.

He was involved at an early age in politics. His preferences were applied to falconry and hunting. He was a gifted shooter.

Sheikh Rashid recognized Dubai's potential to become a leading city. The expansion of the muddy creeks to a navigable waterway, the construction of the first runway in Dubai, in 1963, inaugurated Al- Maktoum Bridge over the Creek, the deep-sea port Port Rashid from 1967 to 1972, the second port in Jebel Ali ( a harbor, which with 67 mooring the largest artificial harbor in the world), the World Trade Centre and the establishment of the Jebel Ali free Trade zone were some of his most important projects.

Sheikh Rashid met on 18 February 1968, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed, in a desert camp to discuss the establishment of a federation between Abu Dhabi and Dubai. There, the two agreed the so-called " Union Accord ", which later became the foundation of the Federation of the UAE.

In his beach palace in Dubai met on December 2, 1971, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Fujairah and the Crown Prince of Umm al - Qaiwain and signed the provisional constitution of the United Arab Emirates.

Sheikh Rashid had, which in 1990 ruled four sons, Sheikh Maktoum to 2006 as his successor Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan (now Minister of Finance and Industry in the UAE as well Crown Prince of Dubai), Sheikh Muhammad (10th ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates ) and Sheikh Ahmed.