Abdullah Bin Bayyah

Summary

H.E. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Bayyah is the Chairman of the UAE Council for Fatwa.

Current positions

• GovernmentChairman of the Council (with the Grade of Minister)— The UAE Council for Fatwa since 2024
• GovernmentChairman of the Supreme Academic Council— Mohammad bin Zayed University for Humanities since 2021
• Director— Global Center for Renewal and Guidance, UK
• President— Abu Dhabi Forum for Peace

Career

1. Deputy President

   Court of Appeal, Mauritania
2. Deputy Prime Minister

   Government of Mauritania
3. Head of Sharia Affairs

   Ministry of Justice, Mauritania
4. Judge

   High Court of Mauritania
5. Member

   European Council for Fatwa and Research
6. Minister for Islamic Affairs and Education

   Government of Mauritania
7. Minister of Justice

   Government of Mauritania
8. Minister of State for Human Resources

   Government of Mauritania
9. Professor of Islamic Studies

   King Abdulaziz University
10. Vice President

    Government of Mauritania
11. – 2014
    Vice-President

    International Union of Muslim Scholars

Education

1. 1961
   Law studies and judicial training

   Faculty of Law in Tunisia

Honours

• Ma'al Hijrah Award (Malaysia)2019
• Supreme Order of the Renaissance of the First Degree (Jordan)
• King Abdul Aziz Medal with the Rank of Distinction (Saudi Arabia)
• Jordanian Medal First Degree
• King Abdullah II of Jordan Prize for Scholars and Callers to God
• Degree of the Organisation of Islamic Conference with Distinction
• Chinguetti Prize for the Category of Islamic Studies

Early life and background

He was born in 1935 in Timbédra, Mauritania.