Honorific Prefix: | His Highness Sheikh |
Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
Native Name: | هزاع بن زايد آل نهيان |
Office: | Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi |
Term Start: | 29 March 2023 |
Office1: | National Security Advisor of UAE |
President1: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Term Start1: | 21 October 2006 |
Term End1: | 14 February 2016 |
Successor1: | Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Deputy1: | Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Office2: | Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council |
Term Start2: | 13 December 2010 |
Term End2: | 29 March 2023 |
Predecessor2: | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Monarch2: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Office3: | Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority |
Term Start3: | 29 February 2012 |
Term End3: | 18 September 2017 |
Primeminister3: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Predecessor3: | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
President3: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Office4: | Chairman of the State Security Service |
Term Start4: | 1992 |
Term End4: | 21 October 2006 |
Primeminister4: | Rashed bin Saeed Al Maktoum Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Predecessor4: | Hammoda bin Ali |
Successor4: | Hamad Mubarak Al Shamsi |
President4: | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Birth Place: | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates |
Spouse: | Mozah bint Mohammad Alhamed |
Children: | 5 |
Father: | Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan |
Mother: | Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi |
Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: هزاع بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 2 June 1965[1]) was the younger brother of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, former National Security Advisor of the UAE and Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council.
He is the fifth son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and first President of the United Arab Emirates. His mother is Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi and he has five full-brothers: Mohammed, Hamdan, Tahnoun, Mansour, and Abdullah.
In 2006, he was elected as Chairman of First Gulf Bank. He succeeded the chairman position from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his other brother.[6] On 12 December 2010, he was appointed a member of Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.[7]
The October 2021 leak of more than 11.9 million documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) mentioned Sheikh Hazza as one of the Emirati royals with offshore holdings. The former national security adviser of the UAE reportedly owned the H Hotel office tower at 1 Sheikh Zayed Road, which gave space to at least four companies that provided offshore clients with financial or company formation services. Amongst these firms was SFM Corporate Services that had its office in the building until 2017. The ICIJ report said that SFM provided its services to owners of at least 2,977 firms in the UAE, the British Virgin Islands and other offshore financial centres. It was also revealed that Sheikh Hazza had his own offshore companies outside the UAE. In 2016, an Emirati law firm, Hadef & Partners assisted Sheikh Hazza to incorporate a UAE Company named Loomington Investments Ltd. The report revealed that two other companies with same name in the British Virgin Islands and Seychelles were owned by Sheikh Hazza.[8]
His wife was Sheikha Mozah bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, sister of Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, and they have five children: