Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = His Highness Sheikh

| name = Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| native_name = هزاع بن زايد آل

نهيان

| image = Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg

| office = Ruler's Representative in Al Ain Region

| term_start = 3 December 2024

| president = Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| predecessor = Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

| successor =

| office1 = Deputy Prime Minister in Al Ain Region

| term_start1 = 29 March 2023

| monarch1 = Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| predecessor1 = position established

| successor1 = Sultan bin Isa Al Isa

| alongside1 = Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| office2 = National Security Advisor of UAE

| president2 = Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| term_start2 = 21 October 2006

| term_end2 = 14 February 2016

| successor2 = Tahnoun Bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| deputy2 = Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| office3 = Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council

| term_start3 = 13 December 2010

| term_end3 = 29 March 2023

| primeminister3 =

| predecessor3 = Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| monarch3 = Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| office4 = Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority

| term_start4 = 29 February 2012

| term_end4 = 18 September 2017

| primeminister4 = Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

| predecessor4 = Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| successor4 =

| president4 = Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| office5 = Chairman of the State Security Service

| term_start5 = 1992

| term_end5 = 21 October 2006

| primeminister5 = Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

| predecessor5 = Hammoda bin Ali

| successor5 = Hamad Mubarak Al Shamsi

| president5 = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

| birth_place = Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Trucial States

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|6|2|df=y}}

| spouse = Mozah bint Mohammad Al Hamed

| children = 5 including Hazza bin Hazza Al Nahyan

| father = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

| mother = Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi

| caption = Hazza in 2019

}}

Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ({{langx|ar| هزاع بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان}}; born 2 June 1965) is the younger brother of the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Ruler's Representative of Al Ain Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, former National Security Advisor of the UAE and Deputy Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council.

Early life

He is the fifth son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder and first President of the United Arab Emirates. His mother is Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Al Ketbi and he has five full-brothers: Mohammed, Hamdan, Tahnoun, Mansour, and Abdullah.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

Career

Appointed by the Federal Decree No. (91) of 2006 issued by His Highness the Head of State for National Security Advisor.[http://www.wam.ae/ar/news/emirates/1395234609545.html رئيس الدولة يصدر مرسوما بتعيين هزاع بن زايد مستشارا للامن الوطني] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035655/http://www.wam.ae/ar/news/emirates/1395234609545.html |date=4 March 2016 }}، وكالة أنباء الإمارات وام، دخل في 22 أكتوبر 2006
Vice President of the Executive Council of Abu Dhabi Emirate.
Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority.
Al Ain Club{{cite news|url=http://www.alainclub.com/english/club/theClub.aspx|title=Al Ain.. The Past, the Present and the Future|access-date=1 April 2010|work=Al Ain Club |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103203429/http://alainclub.com/english/club/theclub.aspx |archive-date=3 January 2010}}
Chairman of Board of Directors
Vice-president of the executive board and of the honorary board
Abu Dhabi Sports Council, chairman{{cite news|url=http://www.abudhabicityguide.com/news/news-details.asp?newsid=4242&newstype=Local%20News|title=HH Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Accepts Laureus For Host City Abu Dhab|date=11 March 2010|access-date=1 April 2010|newspaper=Abu Dhabi City Guide}}
Abu Dhabi Combat Club, president{{Cite news|url=https://adcombat.com/about-abu-dhabi-combat-club/|title=About Abu Dhabi Combat Club|date=|work=ADCC News|access-date=12 February 2021|language=en}}

In 2006, he was elected as Chairman of First Gulf Bank. He succeeded to the chairman position from Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, his other brother.{{cite news|url=http://www.fgb.ae/en/aboutus/presskit/press5.asp|title=HH SHEIKH HAZZA BIN ZAYED ELECTED FIRST GULF BANK CHAIRMAN|date=1 March 2006|access-date=1 April 2010|work=First Gulf Bank|archive-date=31 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231015501/http://www.fgb.ae/en/aboutus/presskit/press5.asp|url-status=dead}} On 12 December 2010, he was appointed a member of Executive Council of Abu Dhabi.{{cite news|url=http://www.sheikhmohammedbinzayed.net/site/en/news_show.php?n_id=306|title=Sheikh Khalifa issues two decrees reconstituting executive council of Abu Dhabi|date=12 December 2010|access-date=10 July 2011|work=Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan official site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821010231/http://www.sheikhmohammedbinzayed.net/site/en/news_show.php?n_id=306|archive-date=21 August 2013}}

Controversies

=Pandora Papers=

The October 2021 leak of more than 11.9 million documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) mentioned Sheikh Hazza as one of the Emirati royals with offshore holdings. The former national security adviser of the UAE reportedly owned the H Hotel office tower at 1 Sheikh Zayed Road, which gave space to at least four companies that provided offshore clients with financial or company formation services. Amongst these firms was SFM Corporate Services that had its office in the building until 2017. The ICIJ report said that SFM provided its services to owners of at least 2,977 firms in the UAE, the British Virgin Islands and other offshore financial centres. It was also revealed that Sheikh Hazza had his own offshore companies outside the UAE. In 2016, an Emirati law firm, Hadef & Partners assisted Sheikh Hazza to incorporate a UAE Company named Loomington Investments Ltd. The report revealed that two other companies with same name in the British Virgin Islands and Seychelles were owned by Sheikh Hazza.{{cite web|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/pandora-papers-reveal-emirati-royal-families-role-in-secret-money-flows/|title=Pandora Papers reveal Emirati royal families' role in secret money flows|access-date=16 November 2021|website=International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|date=16 November 2021 }}

Personal life

His wife was Sheikha Mozah bint Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, sister of Abdulla bin Mohammed bin Butti Al Hamed, and they have five children:

Sheikha Fatima bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Sheikha Salama bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Sheikh Zayed bin Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 1995).
Sheikha Meera bint Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan. She married Sheikh Zayed bin Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan on May 5, 2022.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 2002).