Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan

Sultan was born in Al Ain in 1965.^[1] He is the eldest son of Khalifa bin Zayed, former ruler of Abu Dhabi and former president of the United Arab Emirates.^[2][3]

He holds a bachelor's degree in political and administrative sciences, which he received from Emirates University.^[1] He also graduated from Zayed bin Sultan Military College in Al Ain in March 1988. Then he attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and graduated in 1989.^[1] He received a master's degree in political science from the University of Salford in July 1989.^[1] Additionally, he holds two PhDs: one in international studies from the University of Limerick in November 1998 and the other from Nasser Military Academy in the Arab Republic of Egypt in April 1999.^[1]

Sultan was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel staff pilot in 1999 and then to the rank of colonel staff in February, 2000.^[1] He was the advisor to the president of the UAE, Khalifa bin Zayed, and the board chairman of the SBK Holding.^[4] In addition, he is a member of the UAE's equestrian federation.^[1] He was among the board members of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi until December 2010.^[5]

Business activities

His firm provides mediation between businesspeople, for instance, between Roman Abramovich and Boris Berezovsky in 2001.^[2]

As of June 2024^[update], he is the official club president of Al Qabila Football Club.^{[citation needed]}

Sheikh Sultan married Sheikha bint Saif Al Nahyan in 1984.^[6] They have seven children together.^[7][8][9]