<Tr> <Td> Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan </Td> <Td> United Arab Emirates </Td> <Td> والد الأمة (Waalid Al Ummah) </Td> <Td> Father of the Nation </Td> <Td> President of the UAE for its first 33 years (1971--2004). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin and other Signers and Framers </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Founding Fathers </Td> <Td> The Signers signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 . The Framers were delegates to the Constitutional Convention and took part in framing or drafting the proposed United States Constitution . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> George Washington </Td> <Td> United States </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Father of his country </Td> <Td> George Washington is particularly highlighted out of the Founding Fathers of the United States as being the "father of his country" for his role as the commander - in - chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, his resignation of command at the end of the war, the presidency of the Constitutional Convention and for his tenure (and voluntary retirement) as the first President of the United States . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> José Gervasio Artigas </Td> <Td> Uruguay </Td> <Td> Padre de la independencia uruguaya, Protector de los Pueblos Libres y Jefe de los orientales </Td> <Td> Father of Uruguayan independence, Defender of the Free and Chief of the eastern people </Td> <Td> Fought against British, Spanish, and Portuguese colonial armies in Río de la Plata . </Td> </Tr>

Who is considered the father of our country