Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior - H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister in 2009, and has retained his position as the Minister of Interior in the United Arab Emirates’ Federal Government since 2004.

The Ministry of Interior undertakes several key tasks; namely, protecting internal security, coordinating cooperation between police agencies operating in the country, regulating Naturalization Affairs and Foreigners’ Entry and Residence, supervising civil defense tasks, and coordinating traffic issues. H.H. has served as the Director General of the Abu Dhabi Police since 1995, in addition to being Head of the Federal Demographic Structure Council since 2009 and Vice Chairman of the Emirates Identity Authority. 

H.H. leads the strategic development projects of the Ministry and the Abu Dhabi Police; the modernization of service and security systems; the reshaping of the organizational structure; and the establishment of the Community Police, the Social Support Centers, the Ministry of Interior’s Rehabilitation Center for People with Special Needs and the MoI’s Child Protection Center. He launched the Minister of Interior’s Excellence Award, the Minister of Interior’s Scientific Research Award, and the “Plants of Hope" initiative. 

Moreover, H.H. sponsored the project of e-linking the ministry with relevant governmental bodies, the unified e-systems, the iris scan project, which succeeds in preventing deportees from returning to the UAE, the e-gates project, and the e-passport project. He also sponsored a number of prestigious service projects that earned the United Arab Emirates fourth place globally in the field of police services.

In 2012, the Ministry of Interior received 10 awards as part of the Emirates Government Excellence Award. In 2010, it received 13 awards in the same field. In 2009, the Abu Dhabi Police won several awards from the Abu Dhabi Excellence in Government Performance Award.
 
In 2010, Sheikh Saif was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain. In 1990, he passed the graduates course at the Police College and the special training session for paratroopers. He successfully completed the Investigation Course in the United Kingdom in 1991.
In 2013, H.H. was voted “Personality of the Year for Family Cohesion and Social Security” by the Arab Family Organization (AFO). He was also awarded several medals and honors, including the Order of Merit of the International Civil Defense Organization (ICDO), and the Red Crescent Charitable Medal. Lt. General H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan was born in the city of Al Ain in 1969. He is married and a father of three children. His hobbies include reading and falconry.