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{{Short description|United Arab Emirates minister of foreign affairs (born 1972)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Family name hatnote|lang=Arabic|[[Al Nahyan]]}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[Highness|His Highness]] [[Sheikh]]
| name                = Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
| native_name         = {{nobold|عبد الله بن زايد آل نهيان}}
| image               = Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan 2018 (cropped).jpg
| imagesize           = 220px
| caption             = Abdullah in 2018
| order               = 
| office              = [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates]]
| term_start          = 14 July 2024
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = 
| alongside           = [[Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates|4 other people]]
| president           = [[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
| primeminister       = [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
| office1             = [[Government of the United Arab Emirates|Minister of Foreign Affairs<br />of the United Arab Emirates]]<ref name="UAE Embassy">{{cite web|title=Key Members of Government|url=http://www.uae-embassy.org/about-uae/about-government/key-members-government|website=UAE Embassy in Washington, DC|access-date=4 August 2016|language=en}}</ref>
| term_start1         = 9 February 2006
| term_end1           = 
| president1          = [[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]] <br />[[Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
| primeminister1      = [[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
| predecessor1        = [[Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi]]
| office2             = [[Government of the United Arab Emirates|Minister of Information and Culture<br />of the United Arab Emirates]]
| term_start2         = 23 March 1997
| term_end2           = 9 February 2006
| predecessor2        = Khalfan bin Mohammed Al Roumi
| successor2          = ''Position abolished''
| president2          = [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]<br />[[Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan]]
| primeminister2      = [[Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]<br />[[Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1972|4|30|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Abu Dhabi]], [[United Arab Emirates]]
| alma_mater          = [[United Arab Emirates University]]
| spouse              = Al Jazia bint Saif bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
| children            = {{plainlist|
*Fatima
*Mohammed
*Zayed
*Saif
*Theyab
}}
| cabinet             = 
| father              = [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]
| mother              = [[Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi]]
| native_name_lang    = ar
}}

'''Abdullah bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan''', '''AbZ'''<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-24/uae-how-to-get-a-meeting-with-sheikh-tahnoon-abu-dhabi-s-1-5-trillion-man | title=How to Get a Meeting with the UAE's $1.5 Trillion Man | newspaper=Bloomberg | date=24 April 2024 }}</ref> ({{langx|ar|عبد الله بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان}}; born 30 April 1972) is an Emirati politician appointed as the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (United Arab Emirates)|foreign minister]] in 2006, and additionally one of four [[List of deputy prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates|deputy prime ministers]] of the [[United Arab Emirates]] in 2009. He is the ninth son of the founder of the [[United Arab Emirates]], [[Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan]]. In 2020, he was a signatory of the [[Abraham Accords]] on behalf of the UAE.<ref>{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2020-09-16 |title=Israel, UAE and Bahrain sign Abraham Accord; Trump says "dawn of new Middle East" |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/israel-uae-and-bahrain-sign-abraham-accord-trump-says-dawn-of-new-middle-east/article61706167.ece |access-date=2023-04-28 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Abdullah bin Zayed was born in Abu Dhabi on 30 April 1972. He holds a degree in political science from [[UAE University]]. He is married to Alyazia bint Saif Al Nahyan, who became an [[FAO]] Goodwill Ambassador extraordinary in 2010,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/141430/icode/|title=International media and knowledge centre inaugurated|work= fao.org|access-date=2021-02-10|language=en}}</ref> and has five children: Fatima, Mohammad, Zayed, Saif and Theyab.<ref>{{cite web|title=H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan|url=http://www.eda.ac.ae/about-us/board-of-trustees/item/318-h-h-sheikh-abdullah-bin-zayed-al-nahyan|access-date=28 July 2017|language=en-gb|archive-date=26 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826091718/http://www.eda.ac.ae/about-us/board-of-trustees/item/318-h-h-sheikh-abdullah-bin-zayed-al-nahyan|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Spindelegger in Abu Dhabi (8471986486).jpg|thumb|left|Abdullah with [[Michael Spindelegger]] in 2013]]
Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates on 9 February 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://uaecabinet.ae/en/details/cabinet-members/his-highness-sheikh-abdullah-bin-zayed-al-nahyan|title=His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan|work= uaecabinet.ae|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://eda.ac.ae/about-eda/board-of-trustees|title=H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan|work=Emirates Diplomatic Academy|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, leaked emails{{unbalanced opinion|section|date=February 2025}} highlighted that Abdullah bin Zayed maintained close contacts with UK prime minister [[Tony Blair]], who was being funded by the UAE as the Middle East peace envoy.{{when|date=February 2025}}<!-- was this during the Blair Ministry PMship? or later, when Blair was running a consulting business? --> Blair held a number of official meetings with the UAE Foreign Minister. The emails also revealed that Abdullah bin Zayed was one of the UAE royals who supported the envoy financially.{{clarify|why "supported the envoy financially"? rather than just UAE royals "bought commercial services of Blair's consulting firm"|date=February 2025}} In 2011, Abdullah's office separately sent [[US$]]2 million to Blair through Windrush Ventures, which channeled money{{clarify|why "channeled money" instead of "to pay" or "contracted for"? Do we have sources that this was under the table, rather than ordinary commercial contracts for services?|date=February 2025}} for Tony Blair's commercial advisory work.{{when|date=February 2025}} The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (United Arab Emirates)|UAE Foreign Ministry]] also transferred{{clarify|why not the simpler "paid"? or "hired Windrush and paid"?|date=February 2025}} $12 million to Windrush for Blair consultancy work in Colombia, Vietnam and Mongolia.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/13/exclusive-tony-blairs-middle-east-envoy-work-secretly-bankrolled/|title=Exclusive: Tony Blair's Middle East envoy work secretly bankrolled by wealthy Arab state|access-date=13 August 2017|website=The Telegraph|date=13 August 2017 |last1=Malnick |first1=Edward }}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2025}}

In August 2017, Abdullah urged Iran and Turkey to end what the UAE called their [[Syrian civil war|"colonial" actions in Syria]], signaling unease about diminishing Gulf Arab influence in the war, and calling "the exit of those parties trying to reduce the sovereignty of the Syrian state." He added that "if Iran and Turkey continue the same historical, colonial and competitive behavior and perspectives between them in Arab affairs, we will continue in this situation not just in Syria today but tomorrow in some other country."<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-emirates/uae-criticizes-colonial-role-of-iran-turkey-in-syria-idUSKCN1B91NM UAE criticizes 'colonial' role of Iran, Turkey in Syria]. Reuters. Retrieved 15 September 2017.</ref>

On 14 February 2019, Abdullah said that Israel was justified in attacking Iranian targets in Syria.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-clip-leaked-by-pmo-arab-ministers-seen-defending-israel-attacking-iran/|title=In clip leaked by PMO, Arab ministers seen defending Israel, attacking Iran|last=Ahren|first=Raphael|website=timesofisrael.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-15}}</ref>
[[File:President Trump and The First Lady Participate in an Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony (50345629858).jpg|thumb|Abdullah (right) at the White House [[Abraham Accords]] signing ceremony on 15 September 2020]]
On 15 September 2020, Abdullah signed the official [[Israel–United Arab Emirates peace agreement]] in a ceremony at the [[White House]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54168120|title=Trump hails 'dawn of new Middle East' with UAE-Bahrain-Israel deals|date=2020-09-15|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2021-02-10|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Crowley |first=Michael |date=2020-09-15 |title=Trump Hosts Israel, U.A.E. and Bahrain at White House Signing Ceremony |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/us/politics/trump-israel-peace-emirates-bahrain.html |access-date=2020-09-15 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In February 2022, the UAE abstained in a UN Security Council vote to condemn [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russia for invading Ukraine]]. Abdullah had a call with US Secretary of State [[Antony Blinken]] prior to the UN Security Council vote. In the phone call, Blinken spoke of the "importance of building a strong international response to support Ukrainian sovereignty through the UN Security Council." The Emirati report of the phone call did not include Blinken's statement.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-26 |title=UAE foreign ministry calls for de-escalation in first official statement on Ukraine |url=https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-26-22/h_339fd1bfc0caddfabd5c8ff6b6004b25 |access-date=2022-02-26 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

On January 7, 2025 while serving as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs he received [[Gideon Sa'ar]], Minister of Foreign Affairs of [[Israel]], in Abu Dhabi to discuss bilateral relations between the two countries.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Report |first=Gulf News |date=2025-01-07 |title=Abdullah bin Zayed receives Foreign Minister of Israel |url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/bhkj9rt-abdullah-bin-zayed-receives-foreign-minister-1.500012174 |access-date=2025-01-08 |website=Gulf News: Latest UAE news, Dubai news, Business, travel news, Dubai Gold rate, prayer time, cinema |language=en}}</ref>

== Other roles ==
Abdullah bin Zayed is a member of the UAE's National Security Council, Deputy Chairman of the UAE's Permanent Committee on Borders, Chairman of the National Media Council, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Foundation for Youth Development, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and Board Member of the National Defense College.

He served as Minister of Information and Culture from 1997 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j5NODwAAQBAJ&q=Minister+of+Information+and+Culture+from+1997+to+2006&pg=PA90|title=The Changing Security Dynamics of the Persian Gulf|date=February 2018|work=Google Books|isbn=9780190911379|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en|last1=Ulrichsen|first1=Kristian Coates}}</ref> He had previously served as Chairman of Emirates Media Incorporated, Chairman of the [[United Arab Emirates Football Association|UAE Football Association]] (1993–2001), and as the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Culture from 1995 to 1997.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/the-ministry/the-ministers/minister-of-foreign-affairs-and-international-cooperation/the-minister-biography|title=Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation biography |work= mofaic.gov.ae|access-date=2021-02-10|language=en}}</ref>
== Honours ==
* {{Flag|Albania}}: [[Order of Skanderbeg (1990–)|Order of Skanderbeg]] (decorated by President of Albania [[Bujar Nishani]] on 13 March 2016).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://president.al/?p=16894|title=Presidenti Nishani dekoron Lartësinë e Tij Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan me Dekoratën "Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu"|website=president.al|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200841/http://president.al/?p=16894|archive-date=31 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* {{Flag|United Kingdom}}: Honorary Knight Commander of the [[Order of St Michael and St George]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/419319/2013_Honorary_Awards_-_Final.pdf|title=Honorary awards|work= assets.publishing.service.gov.uk|access-date=2021-01-29|language=en}}</ref>

==Ancestry==
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|3= 3. [[Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi]]
|4= 4. [[Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan]]
|5= 5. Salma bint Butti Al Qubaisi
|6= 6. Mubarak Al Ketbi 
|8= 8. [[Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan]]
|10= 10. Butti Al Qubaisi
|16= 16. Khalifa bin Shakbut Al Nahyan
}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of foreign ministers in 2017]]
*[[List of current foreign ministers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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