Three sons of the late UAE businessman Sheikh Ahmed Bin Hamed Butti Al-Hamed have been locked in a legal dispute for the past six years with their youngest brother, alleging he misappropriated some $720m from their father’s estate.
A key member of the Bani Fatima bloc, Sheikh Mansour holds a range of senior political posts while also pursuing media and sporting interests at home and abroad that are widely seen to add to the UAE’s soft power projection. He is closely associated with efforts to foster good relations between Abu Dhabi and Dubai, not least via his marriage to a daughter of Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. Read more
Abu Dhabi deputy ruler since March 2023, Sheikh Hazza Bin Zayed had a long record in the security apparatus, but is seen to have retreated from front-line public life in recent years. Read more
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