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Crown Prince of Dubai since 1 February 2008 · Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Defence since July 2024 · Chairman of The Executive Council
Born on 14 November 1982 and educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and the London School of Economics, he is known across the world as Fazza — the Nabati poet, and a champion endurance rider who took team gold at the 2014 World Equestrian Games. He chairs The Executive Council, led the push that made Dubai the world's first paperless government in 2021, and launched the Dubai Fitness Challenge and the Gov Games. Since July 2024 he also serves the federation as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
The profile, the capstone — his vision in his own words — the story behind the name Fazza, his 2024 federal role, and the Access Club he announced for Dubai's loyal visitors.
Newest first — the poet, the sportsman and the minister, from Sandhurst to the federation.
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Fazza is his pen name — the name he publishes his Nabati poetry under, like his father before him, and the name the whole world knows him by. It is also the name carried by the Fazza heritage championships, his falconry and traditional-sports tournaments. The story behind the name sits in the Start Here row above.
Four, held together: Crown Prince of Dubai since 1 February 2008; Chairman of The Executive Council — the body that directs Dubai's government departments — since September 2006; and, since July 2024, Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE and Minister of Defence, keeping his Dubai roles. The story of his 2024 federal role is in the Start Here row.
His own creation, launched in 2017: thirty minutes of activity, every day, for thirty days — the "30x30" that gets the whole city moving each year and draws millions of participants. The Dubai Fitness Challenge guide carries the full how-to.
Under his digital-government push — the Dubai Now era — Dubai set out to end paper across its government, and in 2021 it completed the job: the world's first paperless government. The story sits inside the wider Dubai Leadership library that both leader hubs share.
He is a world-class endurance rider: at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy he took team gold with the UAE endurance team. Falconry is his other signature arena — the Fazza heritage championships carry his name — and he is known publicly for free diving, skydiving, cycling and photography.
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