Advisor to the President of the United Arab Emirates.

He is a member of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi International Marine Sports Club since 1993.

He held the position of honorary president of each of the “Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry” between 1991 and 2005, the “Emirati-Swiss Friendship Council”, the head of the “Crown Prince’s Court – Abu Dhabi” until 2006, and the “Emirates Equestrian and Racing Federation”.

He attained the rank of “Lieutenant Colonel Pilot Staff” in 1999, the rank of “Colonel Staff” in 2000, and the rank of “Brigadier General” in 2004. He also obtained a fellowship from the National Defense College at the “Nasser Higher Military Academy” in Egypt in 1996, in addition to “ Rashid Award for Scientific Excellence” twice, the first for his thesis “The Political Geography of the State” in 1996, and the second for his doctoral thesis at the “University of Limerick” in 1999.

He holds a Ph.D. on the national security of the UAE in light of regional and international changes in 1999 from the “Nasser Higher Military Academy” in Egypt, and a Ph.D. in the United Kingdom, and a BA in political and administrative sciences in 1985 from the “United Arab Emirates University”.

He is also a graduate of the “Royal Military Academy Sandhurst” in 1989 in the United Kingdom, and “Zayed II Military College” in 1988.