Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan سيف بن زايد آل نهيان
Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates
Incumbent
Assumed office 2009 Serving with Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan & Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Minister of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 November 2004
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Mohamed bin Saeed Al Badi
Commander of the Abu Dhabi Police
Incumbent
Assumed office 1995
Preceded by	Thani Obeid Khamees Al Rumaithi
Personal details
Born	1968 (age 46–47)
Military service
Rank	Lieutenant General

Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan (Arabic: سيف بن زايد آل نهيان‎; born 1968) is United Arab Emirates's minister of interior since October 2004 and deputy prime minister since May 2009.^[1][2] He is a member of the Al Nahyan family

Early life and education

Nahyan was born in 1968.^[3] He is one of Zayed bin Sultan's 19 sons. His mother is Mouza bint Suhail Al Khaili.^[4] Sheikh Saif attended the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain and graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science.^[5]

He participated in several training sessions, including the special training session for paratroopers in 1991.

Career

Prior to his ministerial appointment in October 2004, Sheikh Saif occupied several leadership positions. He was the deputy director of the capital police from 1994 to 1995 before becoming the director general of the Abu Dhabi Police on 23 October 1995.^[3] On 25 December 1997, he became the undersecretary of the ministry of interior, retaining this post until his appointment as minister of interior on 2 November 2004.^[6]

On 30 December 2004, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.^[5] In addition, he was appointed Minister of Interior to the government led by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the same day.^[6] He was named as the deputy prime minister on 11 May 2009, retaining his post as interior minister.^[7]

Activities

His achievement in the realms of police and security includes launching the community police project in 2003, founding the ministry of interior’s centers for rehabilitating persons with special needs in 2002 and the social support center in 2004. He also directed the five-year plan for the strategic development of the Abu Dhabi Police (2004–2008), the five-year plan for the ministry of interior and oversaw the restructuring of the Abu Dhabi Police. Moreover, he sought a permanent solution to the problem of child jockeys in camel races and initiated a number of practical security measures to counter this problem. He also launched the “iris scan” project – which succeeded in preventing more than 114,000 persons from returning to the UAE since the project was implemented nationwide – and launched the project of the Emirates Identity Authority.^[8]

Recognition

Sheikh Saif has received several medals and honors, including the Order of Merit for Dedicated Service in 2000, the Red Crescent Charitable medal, and the Order of Merit of the International Civil Defense Organization, ICDO (Commander Rank).

On 15 February 2010, he was awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of social science from the University of Wolverhampton.

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