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Between 2011 and 2013 former British prime minister [[Tony Blair]] visited Guinea at least seven times, working as an adviser to the president of Guinea, [[Alpha Conde]]. He helped Guinea sign a £3 billion mining deal with [[Mubadala]] a company which Blair also advises.<ref> Robert Mendick [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/10518355/Tony-Blair-and-the-Africa-mine-deal.html Tony Blair and the Africa mine deal] ''Telegraph'', 15 December 2013, accessed 4 February 2015 </ref> | Between 2011 and 2013 former British prime minister [[Tony Blair]] visited Guinea at least seven times, working as an adviser to the president of Guinea, [[Alpha Conde]]. He helped Guinea sign a £3 billion mining deal with [[Mubadala]] a company which Blair also advises.<ref> Robert Mendick [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/tony-blair/10518355/Tony-Blair-and-the-Africa-mine-deal.html Tony Blair and the Africa mine deal] ''Telegraph'', 15 December 2013, accessed 4 February 2015 </ref> | ||
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In November 2013 UK treasury minister Lord [[Paul Deighton]] attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a guest of [[Mubadala]].<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357545/ministerial_transparency_Oct-Dec_2013_amended_5_Sept_2014.pdf HM Treasury Ministers Quarterly Information: 1 October – 31 December 2013] ''Gov.uk'', accessed 12 October 2014 </ref> | In November 2013 UK treasury minister Lord [[Paul Deighton]] attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a guest of [[Mubadala]].<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/357545/ministerial_transparency_Oct-Dec_2013_amended_5_Sept_2014.pdf HM Treasury Ministers Quarterly Information: 1 October – 31 December 2013] ''Gov.uk'', accessed 12 October 2014 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 02:06, 23 March 2018
Mubadala is an Abu Dhabi investment fund. It is run by chief executive and managing director Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak. Mubadala is described as an investment and development company 'supporting the diversification of the United Arab Emirates by investing in key social infrastructure and creating globally integrated industry sectors in Abu Dhabi'.
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Friends in high places
Tony Blair advisor on Mubadala mining deal with Guinea
Between 2011 and 2013 former British prime minister Tony Blair visited Guinea at least seven times, working as an adviser to the president of Guinea, Alpha Conde. He helped Guinea sign a £3 billion mining deal with Mubadala a company which Blair also advises.[1]
UK minister at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
In November 2013 UK treasury minister Lord Paul Deighton attended the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a guest of Mubadala.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Robert Mendick Tony Blair and the Africa mine deal Telegraph, 15 December 2013, accessed 4 February 2015
- ↑ HM Treasury Ministers Quarterly Information: 1 October – 31 December 2013 Gov.uk, accessed 12 October 2014
