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Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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Company: Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
Current Position: Chairman

Current Government Position: President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi

Last Company: President of Abu Dhabi

Nationality: UAE

Date of Birth: 1948

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is the President of the United Arab Emirates and Emir of Abu Dhabi. He is also the Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.

Positions

Ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates

Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Investment Council

Chairman of the Supreme Petroleum Council.

Honorary Chairman of the Environment Agency Abu Dhabi

Background

Born 1948 in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, son of the late HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

Ruler’s Representative in the Eastern Region of Abu Dhabi and Head of the Courts Department in Al Ain in 1966.

Head of the Abu Dhabi Department of Defence in 1969

Prime Minister of Abu Dhabi and Minister of Defence and Finance in 1971

Deputy Prime Minister in the UAE Federal Cabinet in 1973

First Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council in 1974

Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces in 1976

Established in 1981 the Abu Dhabi Department of Social Service and Commercial Buildings

Created in 1991 the Private Loans Authority

Chairman of Abu Dhabi Fund for Development until 2006

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