Khalifa Ahmad Mubarak

Mubarak was born in 1947.^[1] He hailed from a leading merchant family.^[2] His father, Sheikh Ahmad bin Abdulaziz, helped the establishment of the UAE's judiciary system and served as the head of the UAE's Sharia Judicial Department.^[1][3]

Mubarak obtained a university degree in philosophy and sociology in Beirut, Lebanon.^[1]

Mubarak was promoted to the rank of minister plenipotentiary and became the permanent representative of the UAE to the UNESCO in Paris on 22 November 1973.^[1] During his tenure he was vice president of the Institut du Monde Arabe.^[1] He was also named as the ambassador to Sudan in 1973.^[1] Then he became the ambassador to Syria in 1976.^[1]

Mubarak was appointed the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to France in 1980.^[4]

Mubarak was shot by a man in front of his residence on Avenue Charles Floquet in Paris on 8 February 1984.^[4][5] He died at Saint Anne's Hospital after the attack.^[6][7] The Arab Revolutionary Brigades assumed the responsibility of the murder arguing that they killed him due to the links of the UAE to American imperialism and its expulsion of Palestinians.^[6][8] Atef Abu Bakr, a former member of the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO), claimed in 2015 that Mubarak was murdered by the ANO.^[9]

Following the assassination of Mubarak the UAE declared a three-day mourning period.^[10]

Mubarak was succeeded by Ahmad Abdul Rahman Al Jarman as the UAE's ambassador to France.^[11]

Mubarak was married and had four children, including Razan, Mohammad and Khaldoon.^[3][5][11]

Mubarak was a recipient of the French award Legion of Honour.^[1]

A street in Abu Dhabi, Khalifa Al Mubarak, was named in memory of him in 2014.^[7][11]