Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

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Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Arabic: عبد اللطيف بن راشد الزياني‎‎
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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council
Assumed office
1 April 2011
Preceded by Abdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah
Personal details
Born Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain
Nationality Bahraini
Alma mater Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Occupation Military officer; University professor
Religion Islam
Military service
Rank Lieutenant General

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (Arabic: عبد اللطيف بن راشد الزياني‎‎, English Audio file "En-us-Abdullatif Al-Zayani from Bahrain pronunciation (Voice of America).ogg" not found) is a Bahraini engineer and retired lieutenant general. He has been the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since 1 April 2011.[1] He is the fifth GCC secretary general and the first with military background since the GCC established.

Early life and education

Zayani was born in Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain.[1] He graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the United Kingdom.[2] He is also a graduate of the aeronautical engineering program, Perth Scotland (1978).[1] He received a master's degree in logistics management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, in 1980.[2] He also received a PhD in operations research from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California in 1986.[2] He attended command and general staff courses in Fort Leavenworth Kansas in 1988 and received the sword of honor along with the title of Master Logistician from the US Army.[2] Later, he attended leaders in development program at Harvard University in 2008.[3]

Career

Zayani had work experience in Bahraini defence forces, in ministerial posts as well as in university. He became a commissioned officer in the Bahrain Defence Force in 1973.[4] His career at the Bahraini defence forces ended on 2 June 2004. Then he began to serve as the chief of public security as a major general at interior ministry in 2004.[5] He promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 2010.[3] Next, he was appointed adviser to the minister of foreign affairs in the rank of minister on 10 June 2010.[2][6] He also worked as a lecturer at Arabian Gulf University, and as mathematics and statistics professor at the University of Maryland in Bahrain, and as a quantitative methods professor at the University of Bahrain.[1]

On 1 April 2011, Zayani was appointed secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council.[4] Initially, Bahrain nominated another candidate, Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawa, for the post.[7][8] However, due to Qatar's strong objection to him, Zayani was later nominated by Bahrain for the post in May 2010.[9][10] Zayani replaced Abdul Rahman Al Atiyyah in the post.[11]

References

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