Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh

Summary

Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh serves as Cultural Advisor to the President of the UAE.

Current positions

• GovernmentCultural Advisor to the President of the UAE— Presidential Court since 2021
• GovernmentChancellor— United Arab Emirates University since 2020
• Member of the Administrative Board— Emirates Diplomatic Academy since 2017
• Member of the Board— International Prize for Arab Fiction since 2009
• President— UAE Chapter of the International Friends of Richard Wagner Society since 2008
• Member of the Board— Sheikh Zayed Book Award since 2005
• Member of the Board— Abu Dhabi University since 2003
• GovernmentChairman of the Board of Trustees— United Arab Emirates University
• GovernmentMember of the Board of Trustees— Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy

Career

1. 2018 – 2022
   Chairman of the Board of Trustees

   Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi
2. 2017 – 2021
   Minister of State

   Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
3. 2016 – 2019
   Member of the Board of Trustees

   Aga Khan Museum in Toronto
4. 2015 – 2018
   Chairman of the Advisory Board

   Middle East Centre, London School of Economics
5. 2013 – 2017
   President

   Alliance Française in Paris
6. 2012 – 2016
   Member of the Board

   Abu Dhabi Authority for Tourism and Culture
7. 2006 – 2012
   Deputy Chairman

   Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage
8. 1977 – 2017
   President

   Alliance Française Abu Dhabi

Education

1. 1967
   MA in Economics

   Queens' College, University of Cambridge
2. PhD in Human Sciences (Hon. Causa)

   Al Quds Arab University
3. Secondary education

   Rugby School
4. St. George's School, Jerusalem

Honours

• The UAE Order of the Union medal2021
• Exceptional Excellence Award, Beirut Institute2019
• Personality of the Year, Emirates Literary Festival2018
• Cultural Diplomat of the Year, Abu Dhabi Cultural Summit2017
• Officer of the French Legion of Honour2015
• Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts2014
• Commander of the Order of the British Empire2013
• Commander's Cross of the German Order of Merit2013
• Europe-Arab Prize for Culture, The European Foundation for Culture, Leipzig2013
• Cultural Personality of the Year, The Sultan Bin Ali Al Owais Foundation2013
• Ring of Tolerance, The European Academy of Science and Arts, Frankfurt2012
• Medal for Merit to Culture - 'Gloria Artis', Republic of Poland2010
• Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters, France2008
• Commander of the Order of Academic Palms, France2007
• Grand Officer of the Star of Italian Solidarity2007

Early life and background

He was born in Jerusalem in 1946.