Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Nahyan.

Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Minister of Interior
In office 9 December 1971 – 20 November 1990
President	Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Hammouda bin Ali
Personal details
Born	1935
Died	24 February 2010(2010-02-24) (aged 74–75)
Police career
Allegiance	Abu Dhabi
Branch	Abu Dhabi Police
Service years	1961–1990
Rank	Major General

Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Nahyan (1935–2010) was an Emirati royal and the first interior minister of the United Arab Emirates. He also held other public posts which were mostly security-related.

Early life

Al Nahyan was born in 1935.^[1] He was the second son of Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan^[1][2] and grandson of Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.^[3] Mubarak's elder brother was Hamdan.^[3] He also had younger brothers, Tahnoun and Saif.^[3]

Career

Mubarak was close to the rulers of Abu Dhabi. During the reign of Shakhbut bin Sultan, he was named as the director of the police and the public security department in 1961.^[4] He replaced Sultan bin Shakbut Al Nahyan as the director of the Abu Dhabi Police.^[5] In May 1964 Sheikh Shakhbut removed Bill Edge, a British citizen, from office who had been serving as the commander (it was labelled as commandant) and chairman of the Abu Dhabi Police since 1961 and appointed Mubarak Al Nahyan to this post.^[6]

When Zayed bin Sultan succeeded Shakhbut bin Sultan as the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, Mubarak and his brothers, Hamdan, Tahnoun and Saif, assumed major roles due to the fact that Zayed bin Sultan's sons were very young to hold these posts.^[3] Mubarak Al Nahyan retained his post as commander of the Abu Dhabi Police under Sheikh Zayed.^[6] In 1967 Mubarak Al Nahyan was promoted from the rank of colonel to that of major general.^[6] He became the minister of interior of Abu Dhabi in June 1971.^[1]

Immediately after the establishment of the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971 Mubarak was appointed minister of interior on 9 December to the cabinet led by Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.^[1][7] Therefore, Mubarak is the first Emirati official to hold this post.^[8] He was also appointed minister of interior to the second cabinet of Al Maktoum formed on 23 December 1973.^[9]

Mubarak was also made a member of the Abu Dhabi's executive council in December 1973.^[1] His term as the commander of the Abu Dhabi Police ended in 1974, and he was replaced by Mohammed Jumaa Al Dhaheri in the post.^[5] Mubarak continued to serve as the interior minister of the United Arab Emirates until 20 November 1990.^[10][11] Hammouda bin Ali succeeded him as interior minister.^[11]

Personal life and death

His eldest son is Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, an Emirati politician.^[3][4] His other son, Hamdan, served as the chairman of Abu Dhabi’s Civil Aviation Department and chairman of Gulf Air.^[3]

Mubarak Al Nahyan was seriously injured in a road accident in the United Kingdom in 1979.^[4] He died on 24 February 2010.^[4]

Awards and legacy

Mubarak Al Nahyan was the recipient of the Zayed 2nd Order, the Order of King Abdulaziz and the Qatar Collar of Merit.^[4] In 2022 a prize was instituted in memory of him, Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Prize for Natural History.^[12]

References

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2. Mansoor Obaid Al Mansoori (2003). Charismatic leadership characteristics of President Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates (DPA thesis). University of La Verne. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-496-51856-2. ProQuest 305265590.
3. Christopher M. Davidson (Spring 2006). "After Shaikh Zayed: the politics of succession in Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates". Middle East Policy. XIII (1): 50. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4967.2006.00237.x.
4. Rym Ghazal (25 February 2010). "Nation mourns Sheikh Mubarak". The National. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
5. "Abu Dhabi Police Ministry of Interior United Arab Emirates (UAE)" (Conference paper). First International Technology Management Conference. IEEE International Technology Management Conference. 2011. pp. iii–v. doi:10.1109/ITMC.2011.5995922. ISBN 978-1-61284-951-5. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
6. Athol Yates; Ash Rossiter (2020). "Forging a force: rulers, professional expatriates, and the creation of Abu Dhabi's Police". Middle Eastern Studies. 56 (6): 1010–1012. doi:10.1080/00263206.2020.1804878. S2CID 225410572.
7. "Chronology November 16, 1971-February 15, 1972". The Middle East Journal. 26 (2): 175. Spring 1972. JSTOR 4324910.
8. "First government of the United Arab Emirates" (British diplomatic document). Arabian Gulf Digital Archive. 1971. p. 219. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
9. "Chronology November 16, 1973-February 15, 1974". The Middle East Journal. 28 (2): 167. 1974. JSTOR 4325214.
10. Cliff Lord; Athol Yates (2019). The Military and Police Forces of the Gulf States. Vol. 1: Trucial States and United Arab Emirates, 1951–1980. Warwick: Helion & Company Limited. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-912866-80-9.
11. Khaled Al Badri (20 January 2006). "مجلس الوزراء من 1971 وحتى 1997 - 6 تشكيلات تخللها 11 تعديلا على مدى أكثر من ثلاثة عقود". alittihad.ae (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 July 2023.
12. "'We owe it to our children to preserve our biodiversity,' says Nahyan bin Mubarak". Emirates News Agency. Abu Dhabi. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.