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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, and His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, have attended Mashreq Bank celebrations on the occasion of its Golden Jubilee.
The ceremony was also attended by HH Sheikh Hasher bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, Director-General of Dubai Department of Information, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Economy, and Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al-Ghurair, Chief Executive Officer of Mashreq Bank, along with a number of officials.
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid viewed a film about the bank’s progress over the past fifty years and the stages of its development until it became one of the first national banks to contribute to urban and commercial development in the country and support its economy. Its financial assets stood at about AED123 billion compared to AED2 billion since its inception.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid congratulated Abdul Aziz Abdullah Al-Ghurair for his success in establishing and developing this national bank which, he said, plays a positive role in supporting the country’s
national economy on every level.
