Bachelor's and Master's in Political Science, George Washington University; PhD,King's College, Cambridge. Member of the Federal Cabinet of the United Arab Emirates, serving as Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Concurrently holds a number of positions, including: Chairman, National Elections Committee, overseeing the UAE’s first elections which took place in 2006 and the subsequent elections in 2011 and 2015; Chairman, National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking; leads UAE team for the Human Rights Periodic Review; Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Al Owais Cultural Foundation; Member of the Board of Trustees, Emirates Diplomatic Academy.