Omar Saif Ghobash | |
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عمر سيف غباش | |
United Arab Emirates Ambassador to France | |
In office 24 November 2017 – 2018 | |
President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Preceded by | Maadhad Hareb Al Khayeli |
United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Russia | |
In office 27 February 2009 – November 2017 | |
President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Personal details | |
Born | Ras Al Kaimah, Trucial States | 4 June 1971
Spouse | Fatima Ghobash |
Children | Saif, Abdullah |
Parent | Saif Ghobash |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford (BA) |
Omar Saif Ghobash (Arabic: عمر سيف غباش; born 4 June 1971)[1] is the Assistant Minister for Culture and Public Diplomacy in the UAE and an author.[2] He was appointed ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France on 24 November 2017, having previously served as UAE ambassador to Russia from 2009 to 2017.[3] Ghobash authored the book, Letters to a Young Muslim, which was written as a series of letters to his eldest son about what it means to be Muslim in the 21st century.[4]