Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

{{Infobox officeholder

|honorific-prefix = Sheikh

|name = Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan

|native_name = سلطان بن زايد آل نهيان

|image =

|order = 3rd

|office = Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates

|term_start = 1990

|term_end = 2009

|alongside = Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1997–2009)

|president = Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1990–2004)
Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (2004–2009)

|primeminister = Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1990–2006)
Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2006–2009)

|predecessor = Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Nahyan &
Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum

|successor = Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan &
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan

|birth_date = 1 December 1955

|birth_place = Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, Trucial States

|spouse = Sheikha Shamsa bint Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan {{Cite web | title=ÙÙØ§ÙØ© Ø£ÙØ¨Ø§Ø¡ Ø§ÙØ¥ÙØ§Ø±Ø§Øª | url=http://wam.ae/en/details/1395227425600 | access-date=2025-05-10 | website=wam.ae}}

|children = Sheikha Salama
Sheikha Al Yazia
Sheikha Latifa
Sheikh Hazza
Sheikh Khalid
Sheikha Maryam

|death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|18|1955|12|1|df=yes}}

|death_place = Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.

}}

Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan ({{langx|ar|سلطان بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان}}; 1955 – 18 November 2019) was an Emirati politician and member of the Al Nahyan family who previously served as the 3rd Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates.

Early life and education

Sheikh Sultan was the second son of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, founder of the UAE.{{cite book|title=Who's Who in the Arab World 2007-2008|edition=18th|location=Beirut|publisher=Publitec Publications|isbn=978-3-11-093004-7

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NHCQBAFMwawC&pg=PA603|year=2011|page=603}} He was born in 1953. His mother was his father's second wife, Sheikha bint Madhad Al Mashghouni. Sheikh Sultan was educated at Millfield School in Somerset, England and was a graduate of Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.{{cite web|author=John Duke Anthony|title=Succession in Abu Dhabi|url=http://ncusar.org/publications/Publications/1999-08-30-Succession-In-Abu-Dhabi-and-The-UAE.pdf|publisher=NCUSAR|access-date=11 April 2013|date=30 August 1999}} His older paternal half-brother Sheikh Khalifa, was the president of the United Arab Emirates (2004-2022), while his other half-brother, Sheikh Mohamed, is the current president of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi.{{Cite news |url=https://u.ae/en/about-the-uae/the-uae-government/government-leaders/hh-sheikh-khalifa-bin-zayed-al-nahyan |title=H. H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan|work=United Arab Emirates|access-date=30 March 2021}}{{Cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/photos/news/throwback-photos-of-sheikh-mohamed-bin-zayed-to-mark-59th-birthday-1.1583907065471?slide=1|title=Throwback photos of Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed to mark 59th birthday|date=11 March 2020|work=Gulf News|access-date=30 March 2021}}

Career

Sheikh Sultan served as the chairman of the UAE Football Association (1976–1981). In 1990, he was appointed as deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates.

From 1997 to 2009 he served with his younger half-brother Sheikh Hamdan as deputy prime minister. In 2009, he was replaced by his half-brother Sheikh Saif and Sheikh Mansour in the post.{{Cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/uae/government/cabinet-reshuffled-saif-and-mansour-become-deputy-prime-ministers-1.68323 |title=Cabinet reshuffled; Saif and Mansour become Deputy Prime Ministers|date=11 May 2009|work=Gulf News|access-date=30 September 2021}}

Sheikh Sultan was the president's representative, chairman of the media and cultural centre, chairman of the Emirates Heritage Club and chairman of Zayed center for coordination and follow-up,[http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/zayed_center.asp ADL Backgrounder: The Zayed Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040404020109/http://www.adl.org/Anti_semitism/zayed_center.asp |date=4 April 2004 }} a member of Supreme Petroleum Council,{{cite web|url=http://www.adnoc.ae/Content.aspx?newid=24&mid=24|title=The Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC)|publisher=Abu Dhabi National Oil Company|date=25 June 2011|access-date=19 April 2013|url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227052336/http://www.adnoc.ae/Content.aspx?newid=24&mid=24|archivedate=27 February 2010}} and a member of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.{{Cite news|url=https://www.oerlive.com/news/world-leaders-mourn-the-death-of-sultan-bin-zayed-al-nahyan/|title=World leaders mourn Sultan bin Zayed Al Nahyan's death|date=19 November 2019|work=oerlive.com |access-date=2 October 2021}}

Sheikh Sultan once served as the chairman of the Zayed Center which was later closed by the UAE government when it became known that it disseminated and provided a platform for anti-American, anti-Semitic, and extreme anti-Israel views.[http://www.likud.nl/extr225.html Arab League to participate in Holocaust-denial symposium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108230934/http://www.likud.nl/extr225.html |date=8 November 2011 }}, The Jerusalem Post, 28 August 2002[http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4335_13.htm The Anti-Defamation League (ADL)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115233705/http://www.adl.org/PresRele/ASInt_13/4335_13.htm |date=15 January 2013 }}

Death

Sultan bin Zayed died on 18 November 2019.{{Cite news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/general/sheikh-khalifas-brother-passes-away-3-day-mourning-in-uae |title=Sheikh Khalifa's brother passes away, 3-day mourning declared in UAE|date=19 November 2019|work=Khaleej Times|access-date=30 September 2021}}{{Cite news|title=Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed, brother of President Sheikh Khalifa, dies |url=https://www.thenational.ae/uae/government/sheikh-sultan-bin-zayed-brother-of-president-sheikh-khalifa-dies-1.939290|access-date=18 November 2019|publisher=The National|location=Abu Dhabi|date=18 November 2019}}