Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed al-Maktoum

Position: Crown Prince of Dubai

Biography: Following a royal decree in January 2014, Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan will supervise the Expo 2020 Preparatory Committee, which is responsible for drawing up plans and realising the vision for the exhibition.

Along with providing guidelines for security and economics, the committee will supervise international and regional advertising campaigns to promote the event and encourage participation, as well as coordinating public and private efforts. Progress reports will be submitted to his father, Sheikh Mohammed. Sheikh Hamdan was appointed as the chairman of the Dubai Executive Council in 2006 and was named crown prince of Dubai in February 2008.

Like his father, Sheikh Hamdan graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in the UK in 2000, before going on to study at the London School of Economics.

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