The UAE has suspended all work within the public and private sectors for a period of three days – from Saturday, May 14 to Monday, May 16 – to mourn the death of the UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Public and private sectors will resume work on Tuesday, May 17, according to the state-run news agency, Wam.
The Ministry of Presidential Affairs has announced the start of official mourning for a period of 40 days, starting today, and flags will fly at half-mast.
Work has been suspended at ministries, departments, federal and local institutions, and the private sector for three days, the state-run news agency, Wam, reported. Offices will therefore be closed from Saturday, May 14, and open again on Tuesday, May 17.
Schools will remain closed on Monday, May 16, after the Saturday-Sunday weekend, the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), which is the educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai, shared on Twitter.
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the second President of the UAE and 16th ruler of Abu Dhabi, was 73 years of age when he died on Friday, May 13.
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