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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 – 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

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 – Foreign 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 Emirates airlines
• 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
• Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor – Founder and Chairman of the Al Habtoor Group
• 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

• Rashed Ahmed
• Adnan Al-Talyani – professional footballer, has the most caps in the UAE national football team
• Ali Al-Saadi
• Ali Al-Wehaibi
• Abdulrahman Ibrahim
• Ismail Matar
• Mohamed Omer (football player)
• Saif Mohammed
• Khalid Eisa

Rally drivers

• Khalid Al Qassimi
• Mohammed Ben Sulayem

Sport shooters

• Ahmad Mohammad Hasher Al Maktoum – Saeed Mansoor Al Abdulla

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

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
• Qasim Sultan Al Banna
• 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
• Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori
• Anwar Gargash

Writers

See also

• List of people from Dubai
• United Arab Emirates

References

1. "ADNOC, KNOC sign deal to develop three oil fields - News | Khaleej Times". Archived from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2019. Retrieved 9 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Group, Al Habtoor. "Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor". www.habtoor.com. Retrieved 30 May 2022. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. Leaders Of The Past (in Arabic) (First ed.). 2015.
5. "First female Emirati orthopaedic surgeon dies in road accident". Gulf News. 23 August 2015. Archived from the original on 24 September 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
6. "Astronaut Biography: Nora Al Matrooshi". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
7. "Astronaut Biography: Mohammed Al Mulla". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
8. "'Hekayat': How Emirati composer Ihab Darwish united 128 musicians on a virtual Abu Dhabi stage". The National. 31 March 2021. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
9. "musivv News. Emirati Musicians' Association set to empower the Emirati music community". www.musivv.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
10. Desk, Arab (5 May 2023). "Launch of the first association of Emirati musicians". The Eastern Herald. Retrieved 12 February 2024. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

Leaders Of The Past (in Arabic). 2015. p. 33.

• Lists of Emirati people