Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

Former Member of the Federal Supreme Council of United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004 was the ruler of Abu Dhabi for more than 30 years. He was the founding father and the principal driving force behind the formation of the United Arab Emirates, becoming the Union’s first Raʾīs, a post which he held for a period of almost 33 years.

Sheikh Zayed City in Greater Cairo, Giza Province, Egypt, built depending on a donation from Abu Dhabi Fund for Development, on directions of Sheikh Zayed.