The UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan appointed his eldest son Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed as the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, placing him next in line to take over as the leader of the federation.
The new Crown Prince, Sheikh Khaled, 41, is already a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Office. He has overseen many of the emirate’s biggest recent development projects.
Sheikh Khaled is the chairman of several boards, including the UAE Genomics Council, the executive committee of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and the Advanced Technology Research Council. He is married, with a son and two daughters.
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Known by his initials MBZ, Sheikh Mohamed, who is also the ruler of Abu Dhabi, appointed his brother Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan as vice president of the UAE alongside Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who is the UAE’s national security adviser and chairman of the ADQ sovereign wealth fund, was named as deputy ruler of Abu Dhabi along with Hazza bin Zayed, another brother of the president.
The new appointments follow a reshuffle this month at the top of Abu Dhabi’s two biggest sovereign wealth funds. Sheikh Tahnoun, who is also the UAE’s national security adviser and controls a large business empire, was named chairman of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
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