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His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan (aka Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayan) is the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research

* Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research * Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research * Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research...

. He is also Chancellor of two of the UAE's three government-sponsored institutions of higher learning: United Arab Emirates University

United Arab Emirates University

United Arab Emirates University was established in 1976, and is the oldest of the three government-sponsored institutions of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates compared to the Higher Colleges of Technology and Zayed University...

, established in 1976, and the Higher Colleges of Technology

Higher Colleges of Technology

The Higher Colleges of Technology was established in 1988, and is the largest institution of higher learning in the United Arab Emirates with over 19,000 students. During the 2011 - 2012 academic year there were 12,217 female and 7,298 male students enrolled at 17 campuses and 92 programs...

, established in 1988; and president of the third, Zayed University

Zayed University

Zayed University , established in 1998, is the newest of the three government sponsored higher educational institutions in the United Arab Emirates. The other two institutions are the Higher Colleges of Technology established in 1988 and the United Arab Emirates University established in 1976...

, established in 1998.
Sheikh Nahyan is also Chairman of CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training)

CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training)

The CERT Group of Companies began as the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates, and has grown to be the largest private education provider in the Middle East...

, the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology

Higher Colleges of Technology

, which was established in 1996.

Sheikh Nahyan is Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Group, Union National Bank

Union National Bank

Union National Bank was established as a Public Joint Stock Company in 1982 and it is one of the leading domestic banks in the United Arab Emirates. The headquarters are in Abu Dhabi. The bank offers a variety of products and services, addressing needs ranging from basic requirements of...

, and United Bank Limited. Abu Dhabi Group is a large investor in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It owns Bank Alfalah

Bank Alfalah

Bank Alfalah Limited is a private bank in Pakistan owned by the Abu Dhabi Group. Bank Alfalah was incorporated on June 21, 1992 as a public limited company under the Companies Ordinance 1984. Its banking operations commenced from November 1, 1992...

, Warid Telecom

Warid Telecom

Warid Telecom International is an Abu Dhabi based mobile telecommunication firm providing telephony services in Congo, Pakistan and Uganda. Warid is expected to launch in the Ivory Coast and Georgia soon.-Pakistan:...

, Wateen Telecom

Wateen Telecom

Wateen Telecom is a Pakistani telecommunication company based in Lahore, Pakistan and is a sister concern of Warid Telecom.With the collaboration of Motorola, they plan on deploying a WiMax country-wide network across Pakistan.- Overview :...

, Taavun and many more in Pakistan. His Highness is also Founder Chairman of Bank Alfalah Limited.

Sheikh Nahyan is Chairman of WARID Telecom International (a regional telecoms group based out of Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

with operations in Pakistan

Pakistan

, Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, Uganda

Uganda

Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...

, Congo Brazzaville, and Ivory Coast).

Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan is also recipient of Pakistan's highest civilian award, the 'Hilal-e-Pakistan', which was conferred upon him by the President of Pakistan in 2005.

For several years, Sheikh Nahyan has been the sponsor of the Emirates Natural History Group with chapters in Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

and Al Ain

Al Ain

Al Ain |Spring]]), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 , it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about...

. One of the two awards presented annually by the Abu Dhabi chapter is the Sh. Mubarak Award, named for Sheikh Nahyan's father.

He is the son of Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan; Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works is his brother.

Mohammad bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is his grand-father, himeself the grand-son of Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan was the grandfather of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan, first president of the United Arab Emirates. He was born in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, in what was then called Trucial Oman, sometime around 1840. He lived much of his early life with the Bedouin of Abu Dhabi...

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