Sheikh
Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, born 14 November 1982 is the Crown Prince of Dubai. He is popularly known as Fazza, the name under which he publishes
his poetry. His full name is Hamdan Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Bin Said Bin Maktoum Bin Butti Al Maktoum.
Sheikh Hamdan is one of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum's 23 children and his second son. His mother is Sheikha
Hind Bint Maktoum Bin Juma Al Maktoum.
Sheikh Hamdan began his schooling in Dubai at the Rashid School for Boys and then at the Dubai School of Government.
He then continued his studies in the UK where he graduated from Sandhurst and later attended the London School of Economics.
Sheikh Hamdan was appointed as the chairman of the Dubai Executive Council in September 2006.
On 1 February 2008, he was named as the hereditary Crown Prince of Dubai. As the new hereditary prince, he has recently appointed
new key personal and financial advisors such as a global economist and a hedge fund tycoon from HN Capital LLP. In July 2009, he was appointed supreme president
of the newly founded Hamdan
bin Mohammed e-university. He is also the head of the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid establishment
for young entrepreneurs, and resides on the Dubai sports council and the Dubai autism centre.
Sheikh Hamdan is famous as a horse rider, and dives in Al Fujairah. Sheikh Hamdan is also an amateur skydiver.
Sheikh Hamdan is known for both his poetry and as a horse rider. His poems are mainly romantic, patriotic and about
his family. Sheikh Hamdan publishes his poems under the name Fazza. Sheikh Hamdan also has a passion for camels, cars, traveling
and skydiving.