Nasser bin Zayed Al Nahyan (died 2 June 2008) was an Emirati royal and a member of the

Al Nahyan family The House of Nahyan () is the ruling royal family of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and one of the six ruling families of the United Arab Emirates. The family is a branch of the House of Al Falahi (Āl Bū Falāḥ), a branch of the Bani Yas trib ...

. He was killed in a helicopter crash at age 41.

Early life

Sheikh Nasser was a son of

Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (; 6 May 1918 – 2 November 2004) was an Emirati royal, politician, philanthropist and the founder of the United Arab Emirates. Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became ...

, the founding president of

the United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE), or simply the Emirates, is a country in West Asia, in the Middle East, at the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is a Federal monarchy, federal elective monarchy made up of Emirates of the United Arab E ...

. His mother was Sheikha Amna bint Salah Al Badi, who is from the

Bedouin The Bedouin, Beduin, or Bedu ( ; , singular ) are pastorally nomadic Arab tribes who have historically inhabited the desert regions in the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, the Levant, and Mesopotamia (Iraq). The Bedouin originated in the Sy ...

branch of the

Dhawahir The Dhawahir (; singular ''Al Dhahiri'' ()) is a tribe of the United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tribe's main centre was the Al Buraimi Governorate, Buraimi Oasis and the village, then town (now city) of Al Ain. They have long ha ...

tribe. He had one full-brother, Sheikh Isa.

Career

Sheikh Nasser was a security officer, working in the royal bodyguard's office. He was also the chairman of the Abu Dhabi planning and economy department.

Personal life and death

Nasser bin Zayed's son, Ahmed bin Nasser, attended Abu Dhabi Police College from which he graduated in 2010. Sheikh Nasser died in a helicopter crash off the coast of

Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi is the capital city of the United Arab Emirates. The city is the seat of the Abu Dhabi Central Capital District, the capital city of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, and the UAE's List of cities in the United Arab Emirates, second-most popu ...

on 2 June 2008. Funeral prayers for him and others killed in the accident were performed at the Sheikh Sultan bin Zayed Mosque in Al Bateen. He was buried at the burial ground in Al Bateen in Abu Dhabi on 3 June 2008.

Ancestry

References

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