Omar Saif Ghobash (Arabic: عمر سيف غباش)(born 1971)[1] is a businessman and diplomat from the United Arab Emirates.
Saif Ghobash sponsors Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, in memory of his father, Saif Ghobash, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was assassinated at Abu Dhabi International Airport in 1977.[2][3]
His mother is Russian Liudmila Ghobash, who was the most high-positioned foreign-born female in the UAE in 1970-s to 1990-s.
After receiving funding from the Government of Abu Dhabi, Saif Ghobash was involved in 2008 in discussions with John Sexton on the opening of a campus of New York University in Abu Dhabi in 2010.[4]
In 2008, Saif Ghobash was appointed as Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia,[1] and presented his Letters of Credence to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.[5]
Saif Ghobash speaks Arabic, English, Russian, French, Italian and Spanish.[1]