Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi

Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah
Reign	17 July 1948 – 27 October 2010
Predecessor	Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi
Successor	Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi
Born	c. 1918–1920[a] Ras Al Khaimah
Died	27 October 2010(2010-10-27) (aged 91–92) Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates
Issue	Khalid bin Saqr Sultan bin Saqr Saud bin Saqr Mohammed bin Saqr Omar bin Saqr Talib bin Saqr Faisal bin Saqr Ahmed bin Saqr

Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi (Arabic: صقر بن محمد القاسمي; c. 1918–1920^[a] – 27 October 2010) was the Ruler of the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah from 1948 to 2010. On 10 February 1972, under his leadership, Ras Al Khaimah become the seventh Trucial State to join the United Arab Emirates.

He became the Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah on 17 July 1948, when he overthrew his paternal uncle and father-in-law^[b] Sheikh Sultan bin Salim Al Qasimi in a coup d'état.^[1] Sheikh Saqr exiled Sultan to Sharjah. At the time of his death in 2010, Sheikh Saqr was the world's oldest reigning monarch at age ~90.^[1][2]