Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan (national security advisor)
Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan | |
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طحنون بن زايد آل نهيان | |
Sheikh Tahnoun in 2025 | |
| Deputy Ruler of Abu Dhabi | |
| Assumed office 29 March 2023 | |
| Monarch | Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| National Security Advisor of UAE | |
| Assumed office 14 February 2016 | |
| President | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Preceded by | Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tahnoun bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan 4 December 1968 United Arab Emirates |
| Spouse(s) |
Khawla bint Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi
(m. 1997)Latifa bint Jamhour Al Qubaisi |
| Children | 2 |
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Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan (born 4 December 1968) is an Emirati politician and the National Security Advisor of United Arab Emirates since 2016. At the same time he manages a business portfolio, which supports national security interests and the UAE's opaque corporate sector. He chairs G42 and MGX.
He is part of the ruling family in Abu Dhabi, brother of UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Tahnoun has been involved in numerous controversies, from violating EU sanctions against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, spying on political opponents in Project Raven, deals to re-sell Russia's Sputnik vaccine to poor countries at substantial mark-ups, orchestrating the Qatargate bribery case, and a smear campaign against Qatar and the Muslim Brotherhood, as revealed 2023 in the Abu Dhabi Secrets.
Following the succession of Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Tahnoun was speculated by media to be a possible choice for the position of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.