Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan

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| issue = Ahmed bin Nasser Al Nahyan

| full name = Nasser bin Zayed bin Sultan

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| father = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

| mother = Amna bint Salah Al Badi

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| death_date = 2 June 2008

| death_place = Coast of Abu Dhabi

| burial_date = 3 June 2008

| burial_place = Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi

| house = Al Nahyan family

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Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan (died 2 June 2008) was an Emirati royal and a member of the Al Nahyan family. He was killed in a helicopter crash at age 41.

Early life

Sheikh Nasser was a son of Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding president of the United Arab Emirates.{{cite news|title=Sheik Ahmed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's Chief, Dies at 41|access-date=16 April 2013|newspaper=The New York Times

|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/middleeast/01ahmed.html?_r=0|date=31 March 2010|agency=Reuters|location=Abu Dhabi}}{{cite magazine|title=Abu Dhabi Death Could Spark a Dynastic Struggle|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1976412,00.html|access-date=28 September 2013|magazine=TIME|date=30 March 2010|author=Rania Abouzeid}} His mother was Sheikha Amna bint Salah Al Badi, who is from the Bedouin branch of the Dhawahir tribe.{{cite book|year=2011|author=Christopher M. Davidson|title=Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond|location=London|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K_1ll0Y3LZoC&pg=PA101|publisher=Hurst&Company|isbn=978-0-231-80033-4|page=100}} He had one full-brother, Sheikh Isa.{{cite news|title=Inside the world of the 'Kennedys of the Gulf'|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/unitedarabemirates/7549943/Inside-the-world-of-the-Kennedys-of-the-Gulf.html|access-date=28 September 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 April 2010|author=Richard Spencer|location=Abu Dhabi}}

Career

Sheikh Nasser was a security officer, working in the royal bodyguard's office. He was also the chairman of the Abu Dhabi planning and economy department.{{cite news|title=First batch of F-16s arrives|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2005/May/theuae_May103.xml§ion=theuae|access-date=18 April 2013|newspaper=Khaleej Times|date=4 May 2005|agency=WAM

|location=Abu Dhabi}}

Personal life and death

Nasser bin Zayed's son, Ahmed bin Nasser, attended Abu Dhabi Police College from which he graduated in 2010.{{cite news|author=Haneen Dajani|title=Zayed's grandson joins the force|access-date=22 February 2022 |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/zayed-s-grandson-joins-the-force-1.555974|work=The National|date=25 February 2010}}

Sheikh Nasser died in a helicopter crash off the coast of Abu Dhabi on 2 June 2008.{{cite news|title=Abu Dhabi: Shaikh Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies in helicopter Crash|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=47263&n_tit=Abu|access-date=16 April 2013|newspaper=Daiji World|date=3 June 2008}}{{cite news|title=Shaikh Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies|newspaper=Gulf News

|url=http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/government/shaikh-nasser-bin-zayed-al-nahyan-dies-1.110107|access-date=16 April 2013|date=3 June 2008}} Funeral prayers for him and others killed in the accident were performed at the Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Mosque in Al Bateen.{{cite news|url=http://www.uaeinteract.com/docs/Sheikh_Nasser_Bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan_dies_/30434.htm|title=Sheikh Nasser Al Nahyan dies|work=UAE Interact

|access-date=16 April 2013|date=3 June 2008}} He was buried at the burial ground in Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi on 3 June 2008.{{cite news

|title=Sheikh Nasser bin Zayed laid to rest|url=http://www.emirates247.com/eb247/news/national/sheikh-nasser-bin-zayed-laid-to-rest-2008-06-04-1.220303|access-date=16 April 2013|newspaper=Emirates 24/7|date=4 June 2008}}{{cite news|title=UAE president's brother killed in helicopter crash|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/uae-president-s-brother-killed-in-helicopter-crash-48931.html#.UW0_YLVSjm4|access-date=16 April 2013|work=Arabian Business|date=3 June 2008|author=Tamara Walid|author2=Dylan Bowman}}