About Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (Arabic: منصور بن زايد بن سلطان آل نهيان; born 20 November 1970), simply referred to as Sheikh Mansour, is an Emirati royal and politician who is a current vice president and deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, as well as the minister of presidential court and member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi. He is the brother of the current president of the UAE, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is married to Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, daughter of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai. A billionaire, he holds stakes in a variety of football clubs through City Football Group, including Premier League club Manchester City F.C. Mansour controls several key Emirati institutions, such as the UAE Central Bank, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and the Abu Dhabi criminal authority. He is chairman of the two UAE sovereign wealth funds (Emirates Investment Authority, Mubadala Investment Company) and a board member of a third (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority). Mansour has played a key role in various UAE foreign policy endeavors. He was involved in efforts to bolster Khalifa Haftar in the Libyan Civil War, build an alliance with Sudanese ruler and war criminal Omar al-Bashir, and secretly provide arms transfers to Sudanese General Mohamed Hamdan whose forces have engaged in massacres, mass rapes and genocide. Mansour is the owner of the Abu Dhabi United Group (ADUG), an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family, that acquired Manchester City in September 2008. The football club has overseen a significant transformation since the takeover, having won eight top-flight league titles, including its first in 44 years and first Premier League title in 2012 and the Champions League title in 2023. Mansour owns multiple other sports clubs, including New York City FC in Major League Soccer. Human rights groups and other critics have characterized Mansour's sports investments as sportswashing to improve the image of the UAE amid its controversial human rights record.
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