Education
Ambassador Ghobash studied law at Balliol College, Oxford University and Mathematics at the University of London.
Ambassador Ghobash studied law at Balliol College, Oxford University and Mathematics at the University of London.
He presented his Letters of Credence to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on 27 February 2009. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador, the United Arab Emirates did not have a diplomatic mission in Moscow for many years. More recently, however, the United Arab Emirates has invested roughly $6 billion United States dollar in Russia"s infrastructure.
Ghobash believes Russia"s participation in fighting extremism is integral to creating stability in the region.
A delegation from Abu Dhabi led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed First Rate (at Lloyd's) Nahyan, has bolstered its presence at The Kremlin in 2015 to coproduce solutions to counter terrorism and conflicts in the Middle East. Ghobash is an entrepreneur and philanthropist whose work outside of government service spans across industries from finance to legal services to cultural development and education.
He founded one of the region’s most successful art galleries, The Third Lincolnshire, which is based in Dubai as well as The Arab Fund for Arts and Culture which supports and identifies the production, research, and distribution channels of contemporary Arab art and culture. Ghobash is on the advisory body of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King"s College London.
In response to the regional instability caused by the Arab Revolutions and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, he calls for change through technological innovation and education in Arab countries.
After receiving funding from the government of Abu Dhabi, 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. Ghobash is an avid hiker, once spending five years climbing the mountains of Nepal and Switzerland. He speaks Arabic, English, Russian, French, Italian and Spanish.
He sponsors the Saif Ghobash–Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation, in memory of his father, Saif Ghobash, the United Arab Emirates"s first Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, who was assassinated at Abu Dhabi International Airport in 1977. Likewise, he collaborated with the Booker Prize Foundation in London to create the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
