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HH Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (born 1970) is a United Arab Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the half brother of the current President of UAE, Emir of Abu Dhabi, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

He is member of the Supreme Petroleum Council and sits on the board of numerous investment companies including the International Petroleum Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council. Mansour also owns stakes in a number of business ventures, such as Virgin Galactic and Sky News Arabia. He is also the owner of Manchester City Football Club.

Early years[link]

He was born in the Abu Dhabi emirate, the fifth son of the Emir of Abu Dhabi Zayed II and his wife Fatima. In 1993, he received a Bachelor's degree in political science in the United States.^[1]

Political career[link]

In 1997, Mansour bin Zayed was appointed chairman of the Presidential Office, which his father Zayed II is the first and by-then president of UAE. After the death of his father, he was appointed by his eldest half brother, Khalifa II, as first Minister of Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, which is the merger of the Presidential Office and Presidential Court. He also served in a number of positions in Abu Dhabi to support his brother, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

He was appointed as Chairman of the Ministerial Council for Services, which is considered a ministerial entity attached to the Cabinet, comprising a number of ministers heading the Services Departments. Since 2000, he chaired National Center for Documentation and Research. In 2005, he became the deputy chairman of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), chairman of the Emirates Foundation, Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority, and Abu Dhabi Fund for Development. In 2006, as the chairman of the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department. In 2007, he was appointed Chairman of Khalifa bin Zayed Charity Foundation.

Mansour served as the Chairman of First Gulf Bank until 2006,^[2] and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Zayed Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation. Mansour has established scholarship programs for U.A.E students to study abroad. He is also chairman of the Emirates Horse Racing Authority (EHRA).^[1]

Some media outlets have reported that Mansour has United States President Barack Obama on speed dial.^[3][4]

Business portfolio[link]

Abu Dhabi Princely Family

HH Sheikha Hassa HH The President HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikh Mohammed HH Sheikha Al Mashghouni HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Fatima HH The Crown Prince HH Sheikh Hamdan HH Sheikh Hazza HH Sheikh Tahnoun HH Sheikh Mansour HH Sheikh Abdullah HH Sheikha Alyazia HH Sheikha Shamma HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikh Saif HH Sheikh Hamed HH Sheikh Omar HH Shiekh Ahmed HH Sheikh Khalid HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Afra HH Sheikha Ayesha HH Sheikh Saeed HH Sheikh Falah HH Sheikh Nahyan HH Sheikh Diab HH Sheikha Latifa HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikha Wadeema HH Sheikha Sheikha HH Sheikha Maitha HH Amna Al Darmaki HH Sheikh Issa HH Sheikh Nasser HH Sheikha Rawdha HH Fatima Al Muhairi HH Sheikha Salamah

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Mansour heads the International Petroleum Investment Company, which owns 71% of Aabar Investments and is used as an investment vehicle.^[4]

Oil investment[link]

In 2005, he was appointed as member of Supreme Petroleum Council. In the same year he chaired the Board of Directors for International Petroleum Investment Company and member of the Board of Directors of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). In 2007 he was appointed as the Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of UAE.^{[citation needed]}

Business stakes[link]

Mansour has a 32% stake in Virgin Galactic after investing $280m in the project through Aabar in July 2009.^[5][6] Aabar also has a 9.1% in Daimler after purchasing the stake for $2.7 billion in March 2009^[7] and it was reported that Aabar wishes to increase its stake to 15% in August 2010.^[8]

Sport[link]

Mansour is an accomplished horse rider and has won a number of Endurance Racing tournaments held in the Middle East, and is chairman of the Emirates Horse Racing Authority. He is the owner of Manchester City FC, a football team in the English Premier League. Since his takeover, Manchester City won the FA Cup and the English Premier League, the first league trophy for the club since 1968. He is the patron of an annual road running competition in the Abu Dhabi: the Zayed International Half Marathon.^[9]

Personal life[link]

Mansour has two wives and four children. He married Sheikha Alia bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed in the mid-1990s. They have one son named Sheikh Zayed. He married Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Women Establishment in May 2005. They have three children.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Profile at Al-Jazira
• Profile at the Cabinet
• Arabian Racing Festival

Zayed Al Nahyan is an Arabic name, may refer to:

• Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (1840–1909), ruler of Abu Dhabi
• Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918–2004), Zayed bin Khalifa grandson, ruler of Abu Dhabi, founder and first president of United Arab Emirates

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Al Nahyan is a neighborhood of Abu Dhabi. It is named after the Al Nahyan family. It contains the Al Nahyan Stadium.

Coordinates: 24°28′N 54°23′E / 24.467°N 54.383°E / 24.467; 54.383

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HH Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is United Arab Emirates Minister of Interior (since October 2004) and Deputy Prime Minister (since May 2009).^[1][2]The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research - Profile. Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan attended the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain and graduated with a B.S. in Political Science with a specialization in Political and Administrative Sciences.^[3]

Prior to his ministerial appointment in October 2004, occupied several leadership positions. He was the Deputy Director of the Capital Police in 1994–1995 before becoming the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Police on October 23, 1995. On December 25, 1997 he became the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, retaining this post until his appointment as Minister of Interior.

On December 30, 2004 he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in accordance with Decree No. 84 of 2004. He was re-elected Minister of Interior in the Government formed by H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

H.H Lt. General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan is a pioneer in the realm of change and development in police work and his mark is evident in many achievements realized in recent years. Characterized by an openness of mind, he provides support for federal matters without overlooking local concerns. He believes in the importance of developing a non-policing role for the police and is convinced about the need to activate the youth in the state.

His achievement in the realms of Police and Security includes launching the Community Police Project in 2003, founding the Ministry of Interior’s centers for rehabilitating persons with special needs in 2002 and the Social Support Center in 2004. He also directed the five-year plan for the strategic development of the Abu Dhabi Police (2004–2008), the five-year plan for the Ministry of Interior and oversaw the restructuring of the Abu Dhabi Police. Moreover, he sought a permanent solution to the problem of child jockeys in camel races and initiated a number of practical security measures to counter this problem. He also launched the “iris scan” project – which has succeeded in preventing more than 114,000 persons from returning to the UAE since the project was implemented nationwide – and launched the project of the Emirates Identity Authority.^[4]

He participated in several training sessions, including the special training session for paratroopers in 1991. He has received several medals and honors, including the Order of Merit for Dedicated Service in 2000, the Red Crescent Charitable medal, and the Order of Merit of the International Civil Defense Organization, ICDO (Commander Rank).

He obtained a B.Sc in Political science (with a specialization in Political and Administrative Sciences) from the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain. After graduating from the university he joined the Police College in the second foundation session for graduates in 1990.

On February 15th 2010, He was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Social Science from the University of Wolverhampton.

Abu Dhabi Princely Family

HH Sheikha Hassa HH The President HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikh Mohammed HH Sheikha Al Mashghouni HH Sheikh Sultan HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Fatima HH The Crown Prince HH Sheikh Hamdan HH Sheikh Hazza HH Sheikh Tahnoun HH Sheikh Mansour HH Sheikh Abdullah HH Sheikha Alyazia HH Sheikha Shamma HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikh Saif HH Sheikh Hamed HH Sheikh Omar HH Shiekh Ahmed HH Sheikh Khalid HH Sheikha Shamsa HH Sheikha Afra HH Sheikha Ayesha HH Sheikh Saeed HH Sheikh Falah HH Sheikh Nahyan HH Sheikh Diab HH Sheikha Latifa HH Sheikha Mouza HH Sheikha Wadeema HH Sheikha Sheikha HH Sheikha Maitha HH Amna Al Darmaki HH Sheikh Issa HH Sheikh Nasser HH Sheikha Rawdha HH Fatima Al Muhairi HH Sheikha Salamah

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References[link]

• Dubai - The Maktoum Story by John M. Smith

External links[link]

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His Highness Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi; Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2004
President	Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2005
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 50–51) Abu Dhabi
Religion	Islam(Sunni Islam)
House	House of Al Nahyan
Father	HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Mother	HH Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi

Mohammed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (born 1961) is the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

Political and business career[link]

President of the United States George W. Bush walks with Al Nayhan through an honor guard upon his arrival at Camp David in June 2008

Al Nahyan is the third son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the first President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Abu Dhabi, and his third wife, Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi.

Upon the death of his father, Al Nayhan became Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi in November 2004 and was appointed Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces in January 2005. Later that month, he was promoted to the rank of General. Since December 2004, he has also been the Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council, which is responsible for the development and planning of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and is a member of the Supreme Petroleum Council. ^[1] He also serves as a Special Advisor to the President of the UAE, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his older brother. He is also head of the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), which is the economic policy advisory council in Abu Dhabi.

Al Nahyan is also the head of the Mubadala Development Company which, since its establishment in 2002, represents the main investment vehicle for the government of Abu Dhabi. Al Nahyan is also a director of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, the Sovereign wealth fund of Abu Dhabi.

In addition, he is the head of the UAE Offsets Program Bureau and is the head of the Abu Dhabi Education Council which was set up in September 2005 to develop education and vocational training. His efforts in the realm of economic development are aimed at increasing economic diversification in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. As the Head of the UAE Offsets Group, Al Nahyan is involved with the task of channelling defence-related investments into profitable projects across different sectors in order to help diversify the economy of the UAE.^[2] He is the head of AIDA.

In 2008, the first group of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed University scholars were selected as part of the New York University at Abu Dhabi campus intitiative, recognizing outstanding students in the United Arab Emirates and providing them with special academic and leadership opportunities.^[3]

President of France Nicolas Sarkozy and Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi

June 2009 saw Al Nayhan and President Nicolas Sarkozy of France inaugurate an exhibition at the Emirates Palace Hotel which included works of art purchased for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, as well as loans from the French national museums to mark the beginning of the construction work of the Louvre outpost, located in the cultural district in Saadiyat Island. Al Nayhan also stated that he is confident that the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi will be able to "accumulate a prestigious art collection" by the time of its opening in 2012. ^[4]

In November 2010 Al Nayhan and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan welcomed Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to the UAE for their second state visit. ^{[5] [6]} Al Nahyan also accompanied the Queen and the Duke on a tour of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque at the beginning of their visit.^[7] In January 2011, Al Nahyan received U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. ^[8]

In 2012, he represented UAE in the Nuclear Security Summit (2012) hosted by South Korea.

Interests and activities[link]

Al Nahyan at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi in 2008

Al Nahyan is actively engaged in several projects targeted at increasing the welfare of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. He has initiated projects in various areas, such as economic development, education and environmental protection.

He also heads the Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, a philanthropic endowment established to provide targeted grants to individual species conservation initiatives, recognize leaders in the field of species conservation and elevate the importance of species in the broader conservation debate.^[9]

Moreover, in the realm of humanitarian affairs, Al Nahyan has been underlining his commitment to the fight against human trafficking by funding the 'Global Report on Trafficking Persons' through a Dh55 million donation to the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT).^[10][11]

In 2011 Al Nayhan and the Gates Foundation pledged $50 million each to fund the purchase and delivery of vaccines for children in Afghanistan and Pakistan. ^[12]

Another area of interest of Al Nahyan is the education sector. His activities in this field include his role as President of the Emirates Centre for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR). The centre is dedicated to the publication of academic analyses on topics relevant to the region. In the area of school curricula and higher education, Al Nahyan is also chairman of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), which was founded in 2005.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Cityscape Abu Dhabi 2008

ADEC monitors and develops the educational system of the Emirate. Methods of the council’s work include running surveys, aiming at an integration of students and parents in assessment processes and increasing the exchange of ideas with international educational institutions in order to foster development in the educational sector.

In addition, Al Nahyan is committed to environmental protection. He set up the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund motivated by his interest in the preservation and protection, both locally and on an international level, of endangered species and plants. A passionate falconer himself, Al Nahyan is committed to the protection of falcons, as well as other species, including the oryx and the houbara from Arabian Peninsula.^{[2] [13]} In line with his dedication to environment protection, he has also taken a lead in alternative energy projects in Abu Dhabi, primarily Masdar City.^[2]

Awards and honours[link]

As well as the UAE, Al Nahyan has received numerous^[vague] citations and decorations from Bahrain, Qatar, Malaysia, Morocco, Pakistan, United States, United Kingdom, France and Italy.

See also[link]

• Al Nahyan family

References[link]

External links[link]

Media related to Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan at Wikimedia Commons

http://www.sheikhmohammedbinzayed.net/site/en/cv.php