Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: هزاع بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; 2 June 1965) is the younger brother of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative of Al Ain Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, former National Security Advisor of the UAE and Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council. Early lifeHe 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.[citation needed] Career
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.[5] On 12 December 2010, he was appointed a member of Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.[6] ControversiesPandora PapersThe 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.[7] Personal lifeHis wife was Sheikha Mozah bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, sister of Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, and they have five children:
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