Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
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Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan KBE (Arabic: منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 21 November 1970), often referred to as Sheikh Mansour,[1][2][3] is an Emirati politician who is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, minister of presidential affairs, billionaire and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current President of the UAE, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,[4] and is married to one of the daughters of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. Through City Football Group he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs, including Manchester City FC.
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
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.jpg) Mansour in 2013 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2009 | |
| President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Prime Minister | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Preceded by | Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Minister of Presidential Affairs of the United Arab Emirates | |
| Assumed office 1 November 2009 | |
| President | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Prime Minister | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 November 1970 Abu Dhabi, Trucial States |
| Nationality | Emirati |
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| Relatives | Al Nahyan |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Cabinet | Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates |
| Styles of Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan | |
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| Reference style | His Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Highness |
He is involved in various government-run companies in the UAE. He is chairman of the Ministerial Development Council,[5] the Emirates Investment Authority and the Emirates Racing Authority. He sits on the Supreme Petroleum Council and the Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs.[6] Mansour is a member of the boards of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company and Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).[7][8] He is vice chairman of Mubadala Investment Company,[9][10] the Emirati state-owned sovereign wealth fund.[11] He is chairman of the UAE central bank.[12]
He is also the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family,[13] that acquired Manchester City Football Club in September 2008. He immediately handed all responsibility and ownership to Khaldoon Al Mubarak and the City Football Group which has overseen a significant transformation at the club since then.[14] The club have won six top flight league titles for the first time since 1968; City's first Premier League titles. On 21 May 2013, Major League Soccer of the United States announced that its second New York City club, to be called New York City FC, would begin play in the 2015 season and be majority-owned by Mansour in association with brothers Hal and Hank Steinbrenner.[15]