Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Not to be confused with Sheikh Mansur.
This is an Arabic name; the family name is Al Nahyan.
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Deputy Prime Minister
of the United Arab Emirates
Assumed office
10 May 2009
Serving with Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan
President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Minister of Presidential Affairs
of the United Arab Emirates
Assumed office
1 November 2004
President Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Personal details
Born (1970-11-20) November 20, 1970
Trucial States (now United Arab Emirates)
Nationality  United Arab Emirates
Spouse(s) Alia bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed
Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum
Children Zayed
Fatima
Mohammed
Hamdan
Latifa
Occupation Politician
Cabinet Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates
Religion Islam
Father Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Mother Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi

Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (born 20 November 1970), commonly known as Sheikh Mansour,[1][2][3] is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, minister of presidential affairs and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the half brother of the current President of UAE, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[4]

He is also the chairman of the ministerial council for services, the Emirates Investment Authority and the Emirates Racing Authority. He sits on the Supreme Petroleum Council and the boards of numerous investment companies including the International Petroleum Investment Company and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council.[4]

Mansour also owns stakes in a number of business ventures, including Virgin Galactic and Sky News Arabia.[5] He is also the owner of the privately held Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), a specialist investment company that successfully acquired Manchester City Football Club in September 2008, and which has overseen a significant transformation at the Club since that time,[6][7] most notably, the club have won two top flight league titles for the first time since 1968, City's first Premier League titles. On May 21, 2013, Major League Soccer of the United States announced that its second New York City Metropolitan Area club, to be called New York City FC, would begin play in the 2015 season, to be majority-owned by Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in association with brothers Hal and Hank Steinbrenner.[8]

Early life and education

Mansour was born in the Abu Dhabi emirate on 20 November 1970, the fifth son of the Emir of Abu Dhabi HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.[3] His mother is Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi and he has five full-brothers: Crown Prince Mohammed, Hamdan, Hazza, Tahnoun, and Abdullah.[9] They are known as Bani Fatima or sons of Fatima.[10]

Mansour attended Santa Barbara Community College as an English student in 1989.[11] He is a graduate of United Arab Emirates University where he received a bachelor's degree in international affairs in 1993.[11]

Political career

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 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 2004 reshuffle, he became minister for presidential affairs.[11] 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, he was named 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,[12] 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).[3] On 11 May 2009, he was appointed deputy prime minister, retaining his cabinet post of minister of presidential affairs.[13]

Business portfolio

Al Nahyan family

HH Sheikha Hassa

HH Sheikha Shamsa

HH Sheikha Fatima

mother/father:

  • [[ Suliman bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Uncles:

HH Sheikha Amna

Sheikh Usamah bin Zayed al Nahyan

Mansour heads the International Petroleum Investment Company,[14] which owns 71% of Aabar Investments and is used as an investment vehicle.[15]

In 2005, he was appointed as member of Supreme Petroleum Council.[14] In the same year he chaired the board of directors for International Petroleum Investment Company and became the board member of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA). In 2007, he was appointed chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority, the sovereign wealth fund of UAE.[14]

Mansour has a 32% stake in Virgin Galactic after investing $280m in the project through Aabar in July 2009.[16][17] Aabar also has a 9.1% stake in Daimler after purchasing the stake for $2.7 billion in March 2009[18] and it was reported that Aabar wishes to increase its stake to 15% in August 2010.[19] He owns the Abu Dhabi Media Investment Corporation (ADMIC) which partnered with British Sky Broadcasting to establish Sky News Arabia – a new Arabic-language news channel headquartered in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi.

Sport

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 a strong supporter of Arabian horse racing through the Sheik Mansour global Arabian flat racing festival with races on 5 continents. He is the patron of an annual road running competition in the Abu Dhabi, the Zayed International Half Marathon.[20]

He is also the chairman of the Al Jazira sports company and was a leading figure in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi’s successful bid to host the FIFA Club World Cup in the UAE in both 2009 and 2010.[21] The company owns Al Jazira Club, which plays football, volleyball, handball and basketball.[22] The football club achieved the President’s Cup in 2010-2011 and 2011-2012.[23]

Personal life

Mansour has two wives and five children. He married Sheikha Alia bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed in the mid-1990s.[11] They have one son, Zayed. He married Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, president of the Dubai women establishment in May 2005. They have four children, two daughters and two sons:

References

  1. ↑ "Articles relating to Sheikh Mansour". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Ogden, Mark (29 April 2013). "Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan expected to secure MLS franchise in New York". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Viner, Brian (14 August 2010). "Sheikh Mansour: The richest man in football". The Independent. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Cabinet Members". UAE. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Ruddick, Graham (28 July 2008). "Sheikh Mansour invests $280m in Virgin Galactic". The Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Company Overview of Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  7. ↑ Engel, Matthew (14 May 2012). "Manchester-City-The-real-Premier-League-winner-Abu-Dhabi-United-Group-Development-Investment". Daily Mail. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Associated Press, Fox Sports Interactive Media (May 21, 2013). "Man City, Yankees to own MLS club". Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  9. ↑ "UAE Succession Update: The Post-Zayed Scenario". Wikileaks. 28 September 2004. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Abu Dhabi’s family business". Financial Times. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "UAE: Biographies of New Cabinet Members". Wikileaks. 22 November 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "HH Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed elected first Gulf bank chairman". First Gulf Bank. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
  13. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffled; Saif and Mansour become Deputy Prime Ministers". Gulf News. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  14. 1 2 3 "Executive Profile - Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan". Bloomberg BusinessWeek. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  15. ↑ Custis, Neil (25 August 2010). "The richest man in football, Man City's Sheikh Mansour". The Sun. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  16. ↑ Ruddick, Graham (28 July 2009). "Sheikh Mansour invests $280m in Virgin Galactic". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  17. ↑ Wray, Richard (28 July 2009). "Abu Dhabi sheikh buys £170m stake in Virgin Galactic". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  18. ↑ Reiter, Chris (22 March 2009). "Daimler Sells Aabar a 9.1% Stake for $4.7 Billion (Update3)". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  19. ↑ Christian, Andrew (30 August 2010). "Aabar wants to increase its 9.1% stake in Daimler to 15%". 4wheels News. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
  20. ↑ Abbasher, Yasir (8 January 2010). Full Zayed marathon next year. Gulf News. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  21. ↑ "Club´s Board of Directors". Al Jazira Sports Club Official Site. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  22. ↑ "Sport Activities". Aljazira Sports Club Official Site. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
  23. ↑ "Al Jazira". Retrieved 21 December 2012.
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