Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan

Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
الشيخ نهيان بن مبارك آل نهيان


Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 February 2016
Chancellor of United Arab Emirates University
In office 1983–2013
Chancellor of Higher Colleges of Technology
In office 1988–2013
Chancellor of Zayed University
In office 1998–2013

Personal details
Nationality	Emirati
Relatives	Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan (brother) Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan (great grandfather)

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan heads the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Social Development.

Prior to March 17, 2013, he headed the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is the son of Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, grandson of Mohammad bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, great-grandson of Khalifa bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, and great-great-grandson of Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, is his brother. Sheikh Nahyan was also Chancellor of two of the UAE's three government-sponsored institutions of higher learning: United Arab Emirates University, established in 1976, and the Higher Colleges of Technology, established in 1988; and president of the third, Zayed University, established in 1998 until removed from these positions in April 2013. He is also the Chairman of CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training), the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology, established in 1996. For several years, Sheikh Nahyan has been the sponsor of the Emirates Natural History Group with chapters in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. One of the two awards presented annually by the Abu Dhabi chapter is the Sh. Mubarak Award, named for Sheikh Nahyan's father.