Zaki Nusseibeh

Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh
زكي انور نسيبة
Minister of State
In office
October 2017 – February 2021
PresidentMohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime MinisterMohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Personal details
Born1946 (age 77–78)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityEmirati
ChildrenLana Nusseibeh, Dyala Nusseibeh, Anwar Nusseibeh
Parents
Alma materUniversity 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]

  1. ^ "H.E Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh". United Arab Emirates University. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  2. ^ "Members Of The Cabinet". UAE Cabinet. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  3. ^ "وزير دولة". MOFAIC. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04.
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  6. ^ "Zaki Nusseibeh is appointed as Supreme President of the UAE University". Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy. October 15, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  7. ^ "About OPCD". Office of Public and Cultural Diplomacy. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  8. ^ "Open Minds Talk with His Excellency Zaki Nusseibeh". Cranleigh Abu Dhabi. April 14, 2019.
  9. ^ Worth, Robert F. (January 9, 2020). "Mohammed bin Zayed's Dark Vision of the Middle East's Future". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  10. ^ "معالي / زكي أنور نسيبة الرئيس الأعلى". United Arab Emirates University. Retrieved 2021-03-21.