This is a list of prominent Emirati people who are United Arab Emirates nationals.
Royal families
Al Nahyan family (Al Nahyan royal family – Abu Dhabi)
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
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
Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi – Ruler of Sharjah Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi – Minister of Foreign Trade
Al-Qasimi royal family – Ras al-Khaimah
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr al Qasimi – Ruler of RAK
Al Nuaimi royal family – Ajman
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
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
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
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
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) 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
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
Businesswomen
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
Dr. Ali Al Numairy – first Emirati plastic surgeon Dr. Moza Sultan Al Kaabi – first Emirati woman orthopedic surgeon.
Astronauts
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. Mohammad Al Mulla – second group of astronauts.
Arts and entertainment
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 and founder of Emirati Musicians' Association
Innovations
Reem Al Marzouqi
Sports Cricketers
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
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
Rizwan Latif Sameer Zia Syed Maqsood
Footballers
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
Khalid Al Qassimi Mohammed Ben Sulayem
Sport shooters
Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum Saif Bin Futtais
Other
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
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
Dubai Abulhoul Alfalasi Maryam Alzoaby Afra Atiq Nasser Al-Dhaheri Salha Ghabish Suad Jawad Adel Khozam Hessa Al Muhairi Shaykha al-Nakhi Nadia Al Najjar Noura al Noman Alia Al Shamsi author, poet, curator and photographer Salha Obaid Maryam Saqer Al Qasimi Dr. Basema Younis
See also
Emiratis United Arab Emirates
References
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