Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: محمد بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 11 March 1961), also known by his initials as MBZ,[1] is the 3rd President of the United Arab Emirates and the Crown Prince of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi since 2022.
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
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 Mohamed in 2022 | |
| 3rd President of the United Arab Emirates | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2022 | |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Vice President | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Preceded by | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Ruler of Abu Dhabi | |
| Assumed office 13 May 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 March 1961 Al Ain, Trucial States |
| Spouse(s) | Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan (m. 1981) |
| Children | 9, including Khalid |
| Mother | Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi |
| Father | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
| Education | Royal Military Academy Sandhurst |
| Allegiance | United Arab Emirates |
| Service/branch | United Arab Emirates Air Force |
| Years of service | 1979–present |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Commander-in-Chief Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence |
| Website | |
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He was the Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces. He is seen as the main figure in the country's foreign policy and is a leader of a campaign against Islamist movements in the Arab World.[2][3] His half-brother, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was the President of the United Arab Emirates.
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Mohamed and U.S. President George W. Bush at Camp David
Sheikh Mohamed representing the United Arab Emirates in the NSS 2012
Russian president Vladimir Putin meeting with Sheikh Mohamed in Saint Petersburg on 11 October 2022
The BAPS present Hindu literature to Sheikh Mohamed and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Abu Dhabi. At the rightmost corner is B. R. Shetty.
Mohamed as Chief of Staff in his air force military uniform greeting then U.S. Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen in Abu Dhabi, 1997
Mohamed with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington, D.C., May 2017
Emblem of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.
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References
- ↑ Rhodes, Ben (12 October 2018). "A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership" (in en-US). The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-and-us-saudi-relationship/572905. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
- ↑ The ambitious United Arab Emirates. 6 April 2017. https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21720319-driven-energetic-crown-price-uae-building-bases-far-beyond-its. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ↑ Despots are pushing the Arab world to become more secular. 2 November 2017. https://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21730899-they-are-consolidating-their-own-power-process-despots-are-pushing.