Chairman of the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments with the rank of “Undersecretary”, since September 2014.

He held various leadership positions in the armed forces. He received the Sheikh Rashid Award for Academic Excellence for his master's degree. He attended several diverse military courses, in which he received an excellent grade (first), including parachuting. He worked as an officer in the UAE Armed Forces from the rank of candidate to the rank of lieutenant colonel (candidate, lieutenant/2, lieutenant/1, captain, major, lieutenant colonel), and worked in Britain for 5 years.

He was honored for his PhD (Sheikh Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence), and received the Wise Leadership Certificate at the Arab World level in 2012. He chaired several committees to discuss master's and doctoral theses and dissertations, and gave several lectures at the Emirates Center for Strategic Research and Studies. He also devoted himself to studying Arabic calligraphy, and excelled in Ruq'ah and Naskh scripts, in addition to Persian, Diwani, and Thuluth scripts. He has interests in grammar, Arabic rules, and Arabic poetry, especially pre-Islamic poetry.

He holds several other positions, including Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Mohammed V University - Agdal - Abu Dhabi, Vice Chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Zayed House for Islamic Culture, Vice Chairman of the Board of the National Conference Committee, Chairman of the Friday Sermon Committee of the Authority, Member of the Crescent Sighting Committee, Chairman of various subcommittees, Chairman of the Preachers and Imams Examination Committee of the Authority, Member of the Board of Directors of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center. He is a lecturer at Mohammed V University.

He has a number of publications, including “The Methodology of Jurisprudential Deduction According to Ibn Hazm and Ibn Abd al-Barr,” “The Impact of Violence on Islamic Heritage: A Lesson and a Remembrance,” “The Role of Women in Building Society,” “Views on Religion, Thought, and Society,” “The Deeds of Notable Figures,” and “For People Who Reflect.”

Born in 1966. He studied at the Military School and obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Islamic and Arabic Studies from the College of Islamic and Arabic Studies in Dubai in 1994. He obtained a Master’s degree in Jurisprudence and its Principles from Mohammed V University, Kingdom of Morocco in 1998. He obtained a PhD in Literature, specializing in Islamic Studies, Research Unit in Islamic Sciences Curricula, with distinction from Mohammed V University, Kingdom of Morocco in 2002 with a recommendation for publication.

His hobbies include volleyball, swimming, shooting, horse riding, and diving.