Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (AbZ)[2] (Arabic: عبد الله بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيانCategory:Articles containing Arabic-language text; born 30 April 1972) is an Emirati politician who has been appointed as the foreign minister in 2006 and is additionally one of four deputy prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates in 2009. He is the ninth son of the founder of the United Arab Emirates, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. In 2020, he was a signatory of the Abraham Accords on behalf of the UAE.[3]
Personal life
Abdullah bin Zayed was born in Abu Dhabi on 30 April 1972. He holds a degree in political science from UAE University. He is married to Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan, who became an FAO Goodwill Ambassador extraordinary in 2010,[4] and has five children: Fatima, Mohammed, Zayed, Saif and Theyab.[5]
Career
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Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates on 9 February 2006.[6][7]
In 2017, leaked emailsCategory:All articles with minor POV problemsCategory:Articles with minor POV problems from February 2025[unbalanced opinion?] highlighted that Abdullah bin Zayed maintained close contacts with UK prime minister Tony Blair, who was being funded by the UAE as the Middle East peace envoy.Category:All articles with vague or ambiguous timeCategory:Vague or ambiguous time from February 2025[when?] Blair held a number of official meetings with the UAE Foreign Minister. The emails also revealed that Abdullah bin Zayed was one of the UAE royals who supported the envoy financially.Category:Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2025[clarification needed] In 2011, Abdullah's office separately sent US$2 million to Blair through Windrush Ventures, which channeled moneyCategory:Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2025[clarification needed] for Tony Blair's commercial advisory work.Category:All articles with vague or ambiguous timeCategory:Vague or ambiguous time from February 2025[when?] The UAE Foreign Ministry also transferredCategory:Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2025[clarification needed] $12 million to Windrush for Blair consultancy work in Colombia, Vietnam and Mongolia.[8]Category:All articles lacking reliable referencesCategory:Articles lacking reliable references from February 2025[better source needed]
In August 2017, Abdullah urged Iran and Turkey to end what the UAE called their "colonial" actions in Syria, signaling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war, and calling "the exit of those parties trying to reduce the sovereignty of the Syrian state." He added that "if Iran and Turkey continue the same historical, colonial and competitive behavior and perspectives between them in Arab affairs, we will continue in this situation not just in Syria today but tomorrow in some other country."[9]
On 14 February 2019, Abdullah said that Israel was justified in attacking Iranian targets in Syria.[10]
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On 15 September 2020, Abdullah signed the official Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement in a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., US.[11][12]
In February 2022, the UAE abstained in a UN Security Council vote to condemn Russia for invading Ukraine. Abdullah had a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken prior to the UN Security Council vote. In the phone call, Blinken spoke of the "importance of building a strong international response to support Ukrainian sovereignty through the UN Security Council." The Emirati report of the phone call did not include Blinken's statement.[13]
On January 7, 2025 while serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs he received Gideon Sa'ar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel, in Abu Dhabi to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.[14]
In March 2026, during the 2026 Iran war, Abdullah told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that the UAE is prepared for a war lasting up to nine months.[15]
Other roles
Abdullah bin Zayed is a member of the UAE's National Security Council, Deputy Chairman of the UAE's Permanent Committee on Borders, Chairman of the National Media Council, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and Board Member of the National Defense College.
He served as Minister of Information and Culture from 1997 to 2006.[16] He had previously served as Chairman of Emirates Media Incorporated, Chairman of the UAE Football Association (1993–2001), and as the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Culture from 1995 to 1997.[17]
Honours
Albania: Order of Skanderbeg (decorated by President of Albania Bujar Nishani on 13 March 2016).[18]
United Kingdom: Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George.[19]
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See also
References
- ↑ "Key Members of Government". UAE Embassy in Washington, DC. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ↑ "How to Get a Meeting with the UAE's $1.5 Trillion Man". Bloomberg. 24 April 2024.
- ↑ "Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign Abraham Accord; Trump says "dawn of new Middle East"". The Hindu. PTI. 16 September 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
- ↑ "International media and knowledge centre inaugurated". FAO. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ↑ "H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan". Archived from the original on 26 August 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ↑ "His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan". uaecabinet.ae. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan". Emirates Diplomatic Academy. Retrieved 29 January 2021.Category:All articles with dead external linksCategory:Articles with dead external links from August 2025Category:Articles with permanently dead external links[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Malnick, Edward (13 August 2017). "Exclusive: Tony Blair's Middle East envoy work secretly bankrolled by wealthy Arab state". The Telegraph. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
- ↑ UAE criticizes 'colonial' role of Iran, Turkey in Syria. Reuters. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ Ahren, Raphael. "In clip leaked by PMO, Arab ministers seen defending Israel, attacking Iran". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 15 February 2019.
- ↑ "Trump hails 'dawn of new Middle East' with UAE-Bahrain-Israel deals". BBC News. 15 September 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ↑ Crowley, Michael (15 September 2020). "Trump Hosts Israel, U.A.E. and Bahrain at White House Signing Ceremony". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ↑ "UAE foreign ministry calls for de-escalation in first official statement on Ukraine". CNN. 26 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ↑ "Abdullah bin Zayed receives Foreign Minister of Israel". Gulf News. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
- ↑ Mathews, Sean (20 March 2026). "'Punish Iran': Saudi Arabia and the UAE inch closer to supporting US-Israeli war". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 20 March 2026.
- ↑ Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates (February 2018). "The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf". Google Books. ISBN 9780190911379. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation biography". mofaic.gov.ae. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ↑ "Presidenti Nishani dekoron Lartësinë e Tij Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan me Dekoratën "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu"". president.al. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018.
- ↑ "Honorary awards" (PDF). assets.publishing.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
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