List of Emiratis
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This is a list of prominent Emirati people who are United Arab Emirates nationals.
Royal families
[edit]Al Nahyan family (Al Nahyan royal family – Abu Dhabi)
[edit]- Sheikh Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Ra'is (President) of UAE, Ruler of Abu Dhabi and Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces
- The Late Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Second Ra'is (President) of UAE and former Ruler of Abu Dhabi
- Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – President's Representative
- Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – Ruler's Representative in the Western Region of Abu Dhabi
- Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Minister of Higher Education and Research Of Science
- Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs
- Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- The Late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan – founding father of the United Arab Emirates and first Ra'is (President)
- Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi – referred to as the Mother of the United Arab Emirates
Al Maktoum royal family – Dubai
[edit]- The Late Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum – Second Prime Minister of the UAE and founder of modern Dubai
- The Late Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum – First Prime Minister of the UAE
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Vice President & Prime Minister of UAE; Ruler of Dubai
- The Late Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Minister of Finance & Industry
- Sheikh Hamdan Bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Crown Prince of Dubai, & Chairman of Dubai Executive Council
Al-Qasimi royal family – Sharjah
[edit]- Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi – Ruler of Sharjah
- Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi – Minister of Foreign Trade
Al-Qasimi royal family – Ras al-Khaimah
[edit]- Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi – Ruler of RAK
Al Nuaimi royal family – Ajman
[edit]- Sheikh Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III – Ruler of Ajman
- Sheikh Ammar bin Humaid Al Nuaimi – Crown Prince of Ajman
- Sheikh Rashid Bin Humaid Al Nuaimi IV
Al Sharqi royal family – Fujairah
[edit]- Sheikh Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi – Ruler of Fujairah
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi – Crown Prince of Fujairah
Al-Mualla royal family – Umm Al Quwain
[edit]- Sheikh Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla – Ruler of Umm Al Quwain
- Sheikh Rashid bin Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla – Crown Prince of Umm Al Quwain
Council of Ministers
[edit]- Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – Minister of Finance
- Lt-General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Interior
- Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Presidential Affairs
- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan – Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan – Minister of Tolerance
- Rashid Ahmad Muhammad Bin Fahad – Minister of Environment and Water
- Reem Al Hashimi – Minister of State and managing director for the Dubai World Expo 2020 Bid Committee
- Mohammed Al Gergawi – Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates
- Noura Al Kaabi – Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development and former member of the Federal National Council (15th and 16th Legislative Terms)
Other Federal Government Officials
[edit]- Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi – former Minister and former Speaker of the Federal National Council
- Hawaa Saaed Al Thahak Al Mansoori – Member of the Federal National Council
- Jouan Salem Al Dhaheri – Secretary-General and Member of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)[1][2]
- Khalifa Shaheen Al Marar – Minister of State and former United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Iran
- Saeed Khalifa Humeid Al Rumaithi – former secretary of the Ministry of Labor in Abu Dhabi
Businessmen
[edit]- Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum – CEO of the airline Emirates
- Hussain Sajwani – CEO, Damac (real estate)
- Ahmad Ali Al Sayegh – CEO, Dolphin Energy Limited (UAE)
- Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair – banker, chairman, MashreqBank, former president of the Federal National Council, prominent businessman and among Forbes List of Billionaires
- Majid Al Futtaim – Majid Al Futtaim & Co, prominent billionaire businessman
- Mohammed bin Ali Al Abbar – chairman, Emaar and director, Dubai Economic Department
- Saif Ahmad Al Ghurair – UAE, Al-Ghurair Group CEO
- Suhail Galadari – UAE, Director, Khaleej Times
- Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem – chairman and CEO of DP World
- Mohammad Al Gaz – chairman, United Arab Agencies
- Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi – CEO, Abu Dhabi Ports Company (ADPC)
- Juma al Majid – businessman – CEO and founder of Juma al majid holding groups
- Issa bin Zayed Al Nahyan – businessman and relative of the royal family
- Abdulraheem Al Masaood – son of Mahmoud Al Masaood; businessman and relative of the royal family prominent billionaire businessman resides in Canada[3]
Businesswomen
[edit]- Amina Al Rustamani – chief executive officer of AWR Properties, director and board member of the family-owned AW Rostamani Group
- Hend Faisal Al Qassemi – businesswoman, author and journalist
- Muna Al Gurg – Managing director of Retail at Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group
- Her Excellency Dr. Shaikha Ali Salem Al Maskari – Chairperson of Al Maskari Holding (AMH), Emirates & Al Maskari Holdings, and Tricon Energy Operations
Medicine
[edit]- Dr. Ali Al Numairy – first Emirati plastic surgeon
- Dr. Moza Sultan Al Kaabi – first Emirati woman orthopedic surgeon.[4]
Astronauts
[edit]- Hazza Al Mansouri – first Emirati in space and first Arab to board the International Space Station
- Sultan Al Neyadi – second of the two first Emirati astronauts
- Nora Al Matrooshi – second group of astronauts.[5]
- Mohammad Al Mulla – second group of astronauts.[6]
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Amal Al-Agroobi – famous Emirati film director
- Abdul Qader Al Raes – famous Emirati painter
- Ousha the Poet – famous Nabati poet
- Mehad Hamad
- Najat Makki
- Wafa Hasher Al Maktoum
- Mohammed Kazem
- Hussain Sharif
- Ebtisam Abdulaziz
- Abdullah Al Saadi
- Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim
- Mattar Bin Lahej
- Moosa Al Halyan
- Abdulraheem Salim
- Ihab Darwish – famous Emirati composer [7] and founder of Emirati Musicians' Association[8][9]
Innovations
[edit]Sports
[edit]Cricketers
[edit]- Ali Asad Abbas
- Arshad Ali
- Asghar Ali
- Asim Saeed
- Mohammad Aslam (UAE cricketer)
- Shaukat Dukanwala
- Fahad Usman
- Mazhar Hussain
- Kashif Ahmed
- Khurram Khan
- Arshad Laeeq
- Rizwan Latif
- Ganesh Mylvaganam
- Naeemuddin
- Riaz Poonawala
- Suhail Galadari
- Abdul Rehman (UAE cricketer)
- Azhar Saeed
- Saeed-Al-Saffar
- Johanne Samarasekera
- Sameer Zia
- Shehzad Altaf
- Sohail Butt
- Syed Maqsood
- Sultan Zarawani
ODI cricketers
[edit]- Imtiaz Abbasi
- Ali Asad Abbas
- Arshad Ali
- Asghar Ali
- Asim Saeed
- Mohammad Aslam (UAE cricketer)
- Shaukat Dukanwala
- Fahad Usman
- Mazhar Hussain
- Khurram Khan
- Arshad Laeeq
- Rizwan Latif
- Mohammad Ishaq
- Ganesh Mylvaganam
- Naeemuddin
- Riaz Poonawala
- Ramveer Rai
- Saleem Raza (cricketer)
- Abdul Rehman (UAE cricketer)
- Azhar Saeed
- Saeed-Al-Saffar
- Johanne Samarasekera
- Sameer Zia
- Shehzad Altaf
- Sohail Butt
- Syed Maqsood
- Mohammad Tauqeer
- Sultan Zarawani
Bowlers
[edit]Footballers
[edit]- Abdulrahman Al-Haddad
- Álvaro de Oliveira
- Adli Mohamed
- Adel Al-Hosani
- Adel Mohammed
- Adnan Al-Talyani
- Ahmed Al-Attas
- Ahmed Barman
- Ahmed Khalil
- Ala Zhir
- Ali Al-Saadi
- Ali Al-Wehaibi
- Ali Khasif
- Ali Mabkhout
- Ali Saleh
- Ali Thani Jumaa
- Amer Abdulrahman
- Abdullah Al-Naqbi
- Abdullah Musa
- Abdullah Ramadan
- Abdulqadir Hassan
- Abdullah Suhail
- Abdulrahman Ibrahim
- Abdulrahman Saleh
- Abdulaziz Mohamed
- Abdulla Hamad
- Abdulla Idrees
- Bader Nasser
- Bandar Al-Ahbabi
- Bruno
- Bakheet Saad Mubarak
- Caio Canedo
- Caio Lucas
- Cartabia
- Erik
- Fahad Badr
- Fábio Lima
- Faris Khalil
- Fahad Al-Dhanhani
- Faisal Khalil
- Fares Jumaa
- Fahad Abdulrahman
- Fahad Khamees
- Gastón Suárez
- Gustavo Alemão
- Habib Al Fardan
- Hamad Al-Balooshi
- Hamad Al-Meqbaali
- Hamdan Al-Kamali
- Hassan Mubarak
- Harib Abdalla
- Hussain Ghuloum
- Ismail Ahmed
- Ismail Al Hammadi
- Isam Faiz
- Ismail Rashid Ismail
- Ismail Matar
- Ibrahim Meer
- Juma Rashed
- Jassim Yaqoob
- Junior Ndiaye
- Jonatas Santos
- Khaled Ibrahim
- Khalid Al-Baloushi
- Khalid Eisa
- Khalid Al-Hashemi
- Khalifa Al Hammadi
- Khalfan Al-Shamsi
- Khaled Ibrahim
- Khaled Tawhid
- Khalil Ibrahim (footballer)
- Kouame Autonne
- Luanzinho
- Lithierry Silva
- Hassan Mohamed (footballer)
- Hassan Mohammed (footballer)
- Mahmoud Khamees
- Majed Hassan
- Majed Naser
- Majid Rashid
- Mackenzie Hunt
- Mansoor Al-Menhali
- Marcus Meloni
- Matías Palacios
- Mohammed Abdulbasit
- Mohamed Omer
- Mohamed Al-Shamsi
- Mohamed Awadh-Allah
- Mohammed Abbas
- Mohammed Abdulrahman
- Mohammed Al-Attas
- Mohammed Al-Menhali
- Mohammed Jumaa
- Mohammed Marzooq
- Mohammed Rabii
- Munther Ali Abdullah
- Nasser Khamis
- Nicolás Giménez
- Omar Abdulrahman
- Rashed Ahmed
- Richard Akonnor
- Rúben Canedo
- Saeed Al-Kathiri
- Saeed Juma
- Salim Saleh
- Saile Souza
- Saša Ivković
- Sebastián Tagliabúe
- Shahin Abdulrahman
- Solomon Sosu
- Sultan Adil
- Sultan Al-Shamsi
- Tahnoon Al-Zaabi
- Yahya Al Ghassani
- Yahya Nader
- Yousif Jaber
- Yousif Al-Zaabi
- Yousuf Hussain
- Zayed Al-Ameri
- Zayed Sultan
- Zuhair Bakheet
- Eissa Meer
- Mubarak Ghanim
- Sultan Al-Mantheri
- Yuri Cesar
- Mohammed Bu Sanda
- Abdullah Ali Sultan
Rally drivers
[edit]Sport shooters
[edit]Other
[edit]- Sheikh Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum – ace-shooter and Olympic medalist
- Sheikha Maitha bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum – karate and taekwondo practitioner
- Elham Al Qasimi – first Arab woman to reach the North Pole
- Sergiu Toma – Judoka and Olympic medalist
- Hamda Taryam Al Shamsi – Professional drag racer, Philanthropist and Businesswoman
- Khamzat Chimaev – professional mixed martial artist and freestyle wrestler
Politics
[edit]- Ahmad Al Tayer
- Ali bin Abdulla Al Kaabi
- Saeed Mohammad Al Gandi
- Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
- Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
- Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Mohammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
- Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi
- Rashid ibn Abdullah Al Nuaimi
- Shakhbut Bin-Sultan Al Nahyan
- Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
- Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahayan
- Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
- Ahmed bin Mahmoud Al Blooshi
- Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori
- Anwar Gargash
Writers
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "ADNOC, KNOC sign deal to develop three oil fields". Khaleej Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ "Developing Our Natural Resources Responsibly". Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
- ↑ Leaders Of The Past (in Arabic) (First ed.). 2015.
- ↑ "First female Emirati orthopaedic surgeon dies in road accident". Gulf News. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ↑ "Astronaut Biography: Nora Al Matrooshi". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "Astronaut Biography: Mohammed Al Mulla". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ↑ "'Hekayat': How Emirati composer Ihab Darwish united 128 musicians on a virtual Abu Dhabi stage". The National. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
- ↑ "musivv News. Emirati Musicians' Association set to empower the Emirati music community". musivv.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ↑ "Launch of the first association of Emirati musicians". The Eastern Herald. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
External links
[edit]- Leaders Of The Past (in Arabic). 2015. p. 33.