Omar Saif Ghobash

Omar Saif Ghobash presents his Letters of Credence to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.

Omar Saif Ghobash (Arabic: عمر سيف غباش‎)(born 1971)^[1] is a businessman and diplomat from the United Arab Emirates.

Saif Ghobash sponsors Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, in memory of his father, Saif Ghobash, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, who was assassinated at Abu Dhabi International Airport in 1977.^[2][3]

His mother is Russian Liudmila Ghobash, who was the most high-positioned foreign-born female in the UAE in 1970-s to 1990-s.

After receiving funding from the Government of Abu Dhabi, Saif Ghobash was involved in 2008 in discussions with John Sexton on the opening of a campus of New York University in Abu Dhabi in 2010.^[4]

In 2008, Saif Ghobash was appointed as Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia,^[1] and presented his Letters of Credence to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009.^[5]

Saif Ghobash speaks Arabic, English, Russian, French, Italian and Spanish.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "New envoys urged to lift UAE's stature". Gulf News. 21 September 2008. http://archive.gulfnews.com/nation/Government/10246679.html. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
2. ^ "About The Prize". Banipal Trust for Arab Literature. http://www.banipaltrust.org.uk/prize/. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
3. ^ Niblock, Tim (Taylor & Francis). State, society and economy in Saudi Arabia. 1982. pp. 161. ISBN 0709918062. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=VpUOAAAAQAAJ. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
4. ^ Lewin, Tamar (10 February 2008). "U.S. Universities Rush to Set Up Outposts Abroad". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/10/education/10global.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 
5. ^ "UAE Russia ambassador meets President Medvedev". Emirates Business 24. 28 February 2009. http://www.business24-7.ae/Articles/2009/2/Pages/02282009_56b2af0aafeb4188b89b65d2fa07c750.aspx. Retrieved 2009-07-29. 

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