| HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
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| Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates |
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| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 February 2006 |
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| President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Preceded by | Rashid Abdullah Al Noaimi |
| Minister of Information and Culture of the United Arab Emirates |
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| In office 23 March 1997 – 9 February 2006 |
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| President | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Prime Minister | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Preceded by | Khalfan bin Mohammed Al Roumi |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 30 April 1972 United Arab Emirates |
| Nationality | United Arab Emirati |
| Spouse(s) | Al Yazia bint Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan |
| Children | Fatima Mohammed Zayed |
| Father | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
| Mother | Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi |
HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (born 30 April 1972) is the United Arab Emirates minister of foreign affairs. He is the son of the founder of UAE, the First President, Emir (ruler) of Abu Dhabi, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed is well known for being a very active official in the UAE in the field of expanding and developing all sorts of relations between the country and other nations.
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Son of HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, he is the younger half-brother of current emir and president, HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan. He is also the younger brother of current crown prince, HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
His elder half-brother, HH Sheikh Sultan, and elder brother HH Sheikh Hamdan were the Deputy Prime Ministers of the United Arab Emirates. His elder brother HH Sheikh Mansour and half-brother HH Sheikh Saif were succeed as the Deputy Prime Ministers.
After graduating from the United Arab Emirates University in 1995 with a qualification in Political Science, he was appointed by his father as Under Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Culture on 16 April 1995, under HE Khalfan bin Mohammed Al Roumi. On 23 March 1997, he was appointed as Minister of Information and Culture of the 6th cabinet.
On 9 February 2006, he was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the 7th cabinet and re-selected as the minister of the 8th cabinet in 2009.
In November 2010, WikiLeaks exposed that he had a: "good and personal relationship" with Tzipi Livni.[1]