Whatever efforts I can lend to support these great developments are to me a joy. Trump said on Thursday that the United Arab Emirates and Israel have agreed to establish full diplomatic ties. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)President Donald Trump, accompanied by U.S. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, 36, married Sheikha Sheikha Bint Saeed Bin Thani Al …

This year, for the first time, the Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation is supporting the UAE National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. (AP/Andrew Harnik, File)US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (right) with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, September 19, 2019.

read more: Israel & the Region He is the 4th son of the founder of United Arab Emirates, the late president Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who also served as the emir of Abu Dhabi. This year, for the first time, the Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation is supporting the UAE National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

At the risk of being too self-congratulatory we as Emiratis should take enormous pride that we have artists who are gaining in stature internationally, very dynamic art fairs in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, a world-renowned Biennale in Sharjah, and now of course a permanent pavilion at the Venice Biennale - the first country from the Gulf to have received such an honour. What they learn and what they experience they will carry with them throughout their lives and they will give back to society.

He rapidly rose through the ranks of the armed forces to become air force commander, deputy chief of staff and finally chief of staff in January 1993 and a year later was promoted to the rank of general.Described by diplomats as Abu Dhabi’s strongman, Sheikh Mohammed has forged links in world capitals, particularly in the West.He is widely believed to have taken the decision to deploy boots on the ground in Yemen in 2015 as part of a Saudi-led military campaign against Iran-backed Shiite Huthi rebels.The Yemen war marked the first protracted military campaign abroad for the UAE and the first time it had to contend with military casualties, with dozens of Emirati soldiers killed.The coalition has been denounced for air strikes, including on markets and hospitals, that have caused heavy civilian casualties since intervening in Yemen in March 2015.The UAE, which largely exited the conflict last year, has also been accused of running secret prisons across southern Yemen. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, crown prince of Abu Dhabi and deputy supreme commander of the UAE Armed Forces, right, receives Sudanese Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, May 26, 2019.

Born in the capital on March 11, 1961, Sheikh Mohammed was sent to military school in Britain, where he graduated from the famed Sandhurst Royal Military Academy in 1979. Sheikha Shamsa bint Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, wife of H.H.

In a 2009 note to US President Barack Obama leaked by WikiLeaks, former American ambassador Richard Olson said the royal — better known as MBZ — was “the man who runs the United Arab Emirates.” Last Update on: 14/08/2020 @ 20:00PM

He is the son of Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, grandson of Mohammad bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, great-grandson of Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and great-great-grandson of Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. Sheikh Khalifa was born on 7 September 1948, in Al Muwaji Fort in Al Ain. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler’s Representative in the Western Region, Assistant to the Chairman of the ERC for Women’s Affairs, and Chairperson of the Higher Committee for Ataya initiative, has directed that AED5 million from the proceeds … With his brother Sheikh Khalifa the nation’s president, he serves as deputy commander of the armed forces and chairman of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi, which controls the emirate’s substantial finances. It denies the accusations.Although the crown prince does not often speak in public — he left the November 2017 inaugural speech of the Louvre Abu Dhabi to Dubai ruler Mohammed bin Rashid — his reach into the political sphere cannot be underestimated.Under his leadership, Abu Dhabi has fostered trade and political ties across the region — including, to a limited extent, with Shiite Iran — but has sided with the US against Tehran’s nuclear program and with Saudi Arabia on its role in the mainly Sunni Arab world.Sheikh Mohammed also took the lead on a staunch no-mercy domestic security policy.Observers believe it was he who masterminded an unprecedented clampdown on Islamists in the UAE, with dozens handed lengthy jail terms over charges of ties to extremists.At the same time, he crafted for the UAE a reputation of tolerance that contrasts with its conservative neighbors.In 2017, he announced that Abu Dhabi’s Grand Mosque, also known as Sheikh Zayed mosque after his father, would change names to become the “Mariam Umm Issa” (Mary, Mother of Jesus) mosque as a means to “consolidate bonds of humanity between followers of different religions.”An avid soccer fan, MBZ is president of the local club in the oasis of Al-Ain, his father’s hometown and the second largest city in Abu Dhabi.He has also been spotted cycling through the capital in shorts and a helmet.A keen hunter and a poetry enthusiast, he is married to fellow royal Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al-Nahyan — the couple has four sons and five daughters.Mohammed bin Zayed: UAE strongman who normalized ties with IsraelAbu Dhabi’s crown prince and de-facto ruler of the UAE, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, smiles during a meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, May 15, 2017.
He is the eldest son of the Late Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan and Sheikh Hessa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (*1961), Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, married to Sheikha Salama bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan , married in 2008 the daughter of Sheikh Suroor bin Mohammed Al Nahyan at a lavish wedding at Emirates Palace
Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, second from right, and others applaud in the Oval Office at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington.