President Sheikh Mohamed receives birthday tribute from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed

Crown Prince of Dubai marks leader's 62nd birthday with Instagram post

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed during his schooling years in Al Ain. Courtesy: Al-Ittihad newspaper.

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed listens to UAE officers undergoing a training session in Canjuers, southern France, before going to Kosovo to join Nato-led forces in 1999. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid during the closing ceremony of the equestrian World Endurance Championship in Abu Dhabi in December 1998. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed visits Rajghat, the memorial for Mahatama Gandhi, in New Delhi in January 2017. AFP

Pope Francis with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed as they attend a farewell ceremony at the Abu Dhabi presidential airport in February 2019. EPA

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid tour Louvre Abu Dhabi in September 2017, two months before the museum opened. Ryan Carter/Crown Prince Court - Abu Dhabi

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed during a meeting in the Oval Office in May 2017. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed with then US President Barack Obama during a summit meeting at Camp David in May 2015. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed with then US President George W Bush at Camp David in June 2008. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed with Mr Bush during the US President's state visit in January 2008. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed welcomes Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair in 2006. Reuters

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed reviews an honour guard with Jordan's King Abdullah II in 2002. WAM

French President Jacques Chirac receives Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed at the Elysee Palace in Paris. AFP

Sheikh Mohamed with his father, Sheikh Zayed, during a military parade at Idex 2003 in Abu Dhabi. AFP Photo

Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed salutes during the opening of the Dubai 2001 Airshow. AFP

President Sheikh Mohamed has received an online tribute from Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, on his 62nd birthday on Saturday.

In a short video posted on Instagram, Sheikh Hamdan asks his son Rashid to kiss a painting of Sheikh Mohamed.

Born on March 11, 1961 in Al Ain, Sheikh Mohamed is the third son of the UAE Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Growing up, he was educated in Al Ain and Abu Dhabi.

Sheikh Mohamed was 10 when the UAE was formed in December 1971.

He attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK, graduating in 1979. After that, he joined the UAE Armed Forces and oversaw its development and modernisation.

Sheikh Mohamed rose through the ranks and was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces in 1993.

After Sheikh Zayed died in 2004, Sheikh Mohamed's older brother Sheikh Khalifa became president.

Sheikh Mohamed became Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

In May 2022, following the death of Sheikh Khalifa, he was elected as the third president of the UAE.