Zaki Nusseibeh

Zaki Nusseibeh

Cultural Advisor to the President of the State since February 10, 2021, United Arab Emirates
Name in Arabic:
زكي نسيبة
Date of Birth: 1946 ( 80 Year)
Nationality: Emirati
Country of Residence: United Arab Emirates

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Cultural Advisor to the President of the State since February 10, 2021, United Arab Emirates. He is the Supreme President of the United Arab Emirates University and Chairman of the University Council. He also chairs a number of councils, including the Abu Dhabi Center for Documentation and Research, the Emirati National School, the Supreme Executive Permanent Committee of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, and the International Prize for Arabic Fiction. And Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi. He is an advisor to the Presidential Court in the Emirates. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Emirates Diplomatic Academy and Abu Dhabi University. He previously served as Minister of State between 2017 and 2021, Cultural Advisor in the Ministry of Presidential Affairs in the Emirates, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Director of the Media Office in the Office of the President of the State, and worked as a translator and advisor to the former President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan between 1968 and 2004. Zaki Nusseibeh was appointed a member of the Board of Directors of the Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, and served as Chairman of the Board of Advisors at the Middle East Institute of the London Economics University. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Arab Institute in Paris and the Aga Khan Museum of Islamic Arts in Toronto, Canada. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the International French Cultural Association in Paris. He also worked as Vice President of the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, a member of the Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority , and a member of the Supreme Executive Committee, which later turned into the Board of Trustees of the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Nusseibeh received many medals, including the “Union Medal” in 2021, the “Abu Dhabi Medal” in 2007, the Euro-Arab Culture Medal 2013, and the French Academic Palm Leaves Medal, in addition to the “European Arab Culture Award” in 2013 from the “European Foundation for Culture.” “. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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