Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh | |
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زكي انور نسيبة | |
Minister of State | |
In office October 2017 – February 2021 | |
President | Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
Nationality | Emirati |
Children | Lana Nusseibeh, Dyala Nusseibeh, Anwar Nusseibeh |
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Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh is the Cultural Advisor to the President of the UAE and the Chancellor of UAE University.[1][2] He has been active in government service in the United Arab Emirates since its formation in 1971, and with the Government of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi since 1968.[3]
Before his current role, Nusseibeh served as Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2017-2021),[4][5] where he contributed to the establishment and management of the Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy, as a coordinating body committed to international cooperation through cross-cultural dialogue and exchange through the promotion of UAE arts and culture abroad.[6][7] He previously served as Assistant Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Cultural Advisor at the UAE Presidential Court, later Ministry of Presidential Affairs.[8]
From the late 1960s, he acted as the personal interpreter and adviser to the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.[9] He then acted in the same role with his successor UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[10]
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