New UAE Cabinet ministers were named on Saturday following a reshuffle that was approved by President Sheikh Khalifa.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, unveiled the line-up, including several new ministers.
"Following consultations with my brother Mohammed bin Zayed and after approval of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, we announce today the new ministerial structure in the UAE together with a new strategy for federal government work in the next 50 years," he said.
Among the changes are:
- Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Mohamed Al Hussaini was made Minister of State for Financial Affairs. He succeeds the long-serving Obaid Al Tayer. Sheikh Mohammed gave his “thanks and appreciation to brother Obeid for his service and dedication".
- Abdullah Al Nuaimi was named Minister of Justice. Outgoing minister Sultan Al Badi was thanked for his service and dedication.
- Dr Abdurahman Al Awar was named Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation. Outgoing minister Nasser Al Hamli was thanked for his service.
- Mariam Al Mheiri was made Minister of Climate Change and Environment. Ms Al Mheiri, who was Minister of State for Food Security, continues that responsibility in her new role.
- Abdullah Al Ketbi was made Minister for the Affairs of the Federal Supreme Council.
Sheikh Mohammed said: “The new strategy comes with the implementation of our previous plan, UAE Vision 2021, through which we achieved all our ambitions in the past 10 years.
“Today the UAE is a global leader in 100 development indicators and a regional leader in 470 government, economic and technical indicators.
“And we are entering the next 50 [years] with different global ambitions.”
New strategy
Outlining the new strategy on Twitter, Sheikh Mohammed said government work “will be led by major transformative projects and not just long-term strategic plans".
“The next cycles of change will be flexible and fast (between six months to two years), unlike the previous strategic cycles which used to last five to 10 years,” he said.
“Priorities for sectors will be determined … followed by identifying clear transformative projects and ministerial teams will be created to implement these projects … and there will be reliance on our national frameworks for their deep understanding of the field and the mechanism of change in determining the new government's priorities.”
Sheikh Mohammed said there will be a shift from “individual responsibility of ministries to shared responsibility among the field teams".
“We will sign performance contracts with these teams to implement projects and observe them from the Cabinet,” he said.
Sheikh Mohammed said there will incentives and promotions based on performances of the field teams and their ability to implement the projects set by the Cabinet.
“We will determine the first 10 teams and 10 major projects in the government through the Cabinet, and sign the performance contracts and set a timeframe for these projects and implement a number of incentives for the executive teams,” he said.
“Our goal is to achieve a faster response to our ambitions and the aspirations of our people … and to implement effective transformations … and to increase the efficiency of our federal government and national framework.”
New UAE cabinet in full
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid - Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
- Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Sheikh Saif bin Zayed - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
- Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed - Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs
- Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
- Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak - Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence
- Mohammad Al Gergawi - Minister of Cabinet Affairs
- Abdul Rahman Al Owais - Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs
- Mohamed Al Hussaini - Minister of State for Financial Affairs
- Reem Al Hashimy - Minister of State for International Cooperation
- Suhail Al Mazrouei - Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
- Dr Sultan Al Jaber - Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology
- Hussain Al Hammadi - Minister of Education
- Mohammed Al Bawardi - Minister of State for Defence Affairs
- Noura Al Kaabi - Minister of Culture and Youth
- Jameela Al Muhairi - Minister of State for Public Education
- Hessa Buhumaid - Minister of Community Development
- Abdulla Al Marri - Minister of Economy
- Mariam Al Mheiri - Minister of Climate Change and Environment
- Dr Abdurahman Al Awar - Minister of Human Resources & Emiratisation
- Abdullah Al Nuaimi - Minister of Justice
- Abdullah Al Ketbi - Minister for the Affairs of the Federal Supreme Council
- Sheikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan - Minister of State
- Dr Maitha Al Shamsi - Minister of State
- Ahmad Belhoul - Minister of State for Entrepreneurship & SMEs
- Thani Al Zeyoudi - Minister of State for Foreign Trade
- Ohood Al Roumi - Minister of State for Government Development and Future
- Shamma Al Mazrui - Minister of State for Youth
- Sarah Al Amiri - Minister of State for Advanced Technology
- Omar Al Olama - Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, Digital Economy and Remote Work Applications
- Ahmed Al Sayegh - Minister of State
- Khalifa Al Marar - Minister of State
- Hamad Al Shamsi - Minister of State
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It will take centuries to achieve gender parity in workplaces around the globe, according to a December report from the World Economic Forum.
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But it warned that these were offset by declining representation of women in politics, coupled with greater inequality in their access to health and education.
At current rates, the global gender gap across a range of areas will not close for another 108 years, while it is expected to take 202 years to close the workplace gap, WEF found.
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After years of advances in education, health and political representation, women registered setbacks in all three areas this year, WEF said.
Only in the area of economic opportunity did the gender gap narrow somewhat, although there is not much to celebrate, with the global wage gap narrowing to nearly 51 per cent.
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At the same time, the report showed there are now proportionately fewer women than men participating in the workforce, suggesting that automation is having a disproportionate impact on jobs traditionally performed by women.
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