Yousef Al Otaiba
Yousef Al Otaiba ( Arabic يوسف العتيبة, * 1974 in Abu Dhabi ) is an Arab diplomat and since 2008 the ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America .
Life
Otaiba grew up in Cairo with his mother, whose only child he is.
He has at least eleven half-siblings whom his father Mana Saeed Al Otaiba fathered with three other women. Mana Otaiba was the first oil minister of the UAE and a close confidante of the founding president of the UAE, Zayid bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918-2004).
After graduating from Cairo American College in 1991, Yousef studied International Relations at Georgetown University . While his official résumé lists a university degree, The Intercept failed to get proof of it from Georgetown University's enrollment office in 2017. The UAE paid $ 350,000 to influence search engine results for their ambassador.
Individual evidence
- ↑ The UAE's Young New Ambassador - Mbz's Right Hand Man Gets Ready to Take on Washington. Wikileaks, March 2, 2008.
- ↑ The Most Charming Man In Washington highline.huffingtonpost.com
- ↑ uae-embassy.org
- ↑ Ryan Grim: Diplomatic Underground: The Sordid Double Life of Washington's Most Powerful Ambassador In: The Intercept. August 30, 2017.
- ↑ "UAE spent $ 350,000 to change search engine results for Ambassador Otaiba," in end-of-week Middle East lobbying updates , Al-Monitor , March 27, 2020th
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Otaiba, Yousef Al |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | يوسف العتيبة (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Arab diplomat, Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to the United States of America |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Abu Dhabi |