Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan

Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan (aka Nahayan bin Mabarak Al Nahayan, Arabic: الشيخ نهيان بن مبارك آل نهيان‎) heads the United Arab Emirates Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Social Development. Prior to March 17th, 2013, he headed the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. He is the son of Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan and Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Public Works, is his brother. Mohammad bin Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan is his grand-father, himeself the grand-son of Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. Sheikh Nahyan is also Chancellor of two of the UAE's three government-sponsored institutions of higher learning: United Arab Emirates University, established in 1976, and the Higher Colleges of Technology, established in 1988; and president of the third, Zayed University, established in 1998. He is also the Chairman of CERT (Centre of Excellence for Applied Research and Training), the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology, established in 1996. For several years, Sheikh Nahyan has been the sponsor of the Emirates Natural History Group with chapters in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. One of the two awards presented annually by the Abu Dhabi chapter is the Sh. Mubarak Award, named for Sheikh Nahyan's father.