The new formation of the Emirates government, announced yesterday, by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, witnessed the survival of 21 ministerial portfolios without any change, whether at the level of ministers or tasks, while the ministerial amendments included 11 bags Ministerial diversity between merging and creating tasks.
The new formation included a list of ministers and ministerial portfolios that remained unchanged, namely: Lieutenant General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, and His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Member of the Cabinet and Minister of Finance, and His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Member of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
The list also included: Minister of Cabinet Affairs Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Qarqawi, Minister of Higher Council Affairs Ahmad bin Juma al-Zaabi, Minister of Health and Community Protection and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs Abdul Rahman bin Muhammad Al Owais, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar bin Muhammad Gargash, Minister of State For financial affairs, Obaid bin Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for International Cooperation Affairs Reem bint Ibrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of Justice Sultan bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Education Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of State for Defense Affairs Muhammad bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, Minister of State for Public Education Affairs Jamila Bint Salem Al Muhairi .
The list of the remaining ministerial portfolios also included without modification: Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation Nasser bin Thani Al Hamli, Minister of Community Development Hessa bint Issa Buhamid, Minister of State for Youth Affairs Shamma bint Suhail Al Mazrouei, Minister of State for Food and Water Security Maryam Bint Muhammad Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Advanced Technology Sarah The daughter of Youssef Al-Amiri, in addition to the Minister of State Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, Minister of State Ahmed bin Ali Al-Sayegh, Minister of State Maitha Bint Salem Al-Shamsi.
The list of ministerial portfolios included in the changes and modifications included: His Highness Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Cabinet Member and Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, whose coexistence file was created on his ministry, and assigning Suhail bin Muhammad Al Mazroui to take over the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure after merging the infrastructure file to the Ministry of Energy .
The list of ministerial updates and amendments also included: Sultan bin Ahmed Al-Jaber assuming the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology, and assigning Noura bint Muhammad Al-Kaabi to take over the Ministry of Culture and Youth after merging the youth’s file to it, and assigning Omar Bin Sultan the scholars to assume the Ministry of State for Artificial Intelligence after creating and integrating the files of the digital economy and work applications Remotely to his assignments.
The ministerial amendments witnessed the transfer of four ministers to take on other alternative portfolios, as Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al-Nuaimi was assigned to take over the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, instead of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, and the appointment of Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al-Falasi as Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, after he was Minister of State for Education Higher and advanced skills, as well as assigning Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zyoudi to take over as Minister of State for Foreign Trade, after he was Minister of Climate Change and Environment, and to appoint Ohood Bint Khalfan Al-Roumi as Minister of State for Government and Future Development, after holding the position of Minister of State for Happiness.
While the amendments witnessed the entry of a new minister to the cabinet to take over the economy portfolio, Abdullah bin Touq Al-Marri, in place of Eng. Sultan bin Saeed Al-Mansoori, whom His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum thanked him for his effort that spanned 15 years in government work.
New government
The creation of a Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology that works to develop the industrial sector in the state, and another State Ministry for government and future development, and a third State Ministry for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, as well as the Ministry of State for Digital Economy and Teleworking (added to the tasks of the Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence), in addition to developing the digital government For the state, the government's cyber security, as well as the establishment of an information office for the Emirates government, affiliated with the Council of Ministers.
New assignments
In accordance with the assignments of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, to the new government, the National Social Security Fund will be established to manage guarantee funds under the supervision of the Minister of State for Financial Affairs Obaid Al Tayer, and under the umbrella of the Emirates Investment Authority. The assignments also included the formation by the Ministry of Community Development of a new sector to provide modern services for retirees, and the preparation of a new government investment strategy for the next stage.
15 "mergers"
According to the new amendments to the Emirates government, about 15 subsidiary mergers, attachments, and transfers were made between federal entities (bodies, institutions, and ministerial files), as the National Media Council and the Federal Youth Foundation were merged with the Ministry of Culture to be the Ministry of Culture and Youth, and the Emirates News Agency dependency was transferred to the Ministry Presidential affairs.
Four federal entities have been attached to the Emirates Investment Authority: the Federal Electricity and Water Authority, the Emirates Post Group, the Emirates General Transport Corporation and the Emirates Investment Corporation.
The amendments also included merging the General Authority for Pensions and Social Insurance, the file of quality of life and happiness, to work under the umbrella of the Ministry of Community Development, and attaching the Federal Authority for Government Human Resources to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, in addition to merging the National Qualifications Authority with the Ministry of Education, and merging the Insurance Authority with the Securities Commission And commodities, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Economy, and finally the Emirates Authority for Standardization and Metrology file attached to the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology.
Restore a ministry 10 years after its abolition
The ministerial amendments witnessed the transfer of four ministers to assume other alternate portfolios, as Dr. Abdullah Belhaif Al-Nuaimi was assigned to take over the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, instead of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, and to appoint Dr. Ahmed Belhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises, after he was Minister of State for Higher Education and Advanced Skills, as well as assigning Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zyoudi, who was Minister of Climate Change and Environment, to assume the Ministry of State for Foreign Trade, which is the ministry that returns to service in the government again after 10 years of its abolition in 2010, in addition to appointing Ohood Bint Khalfan Al-Roumi, Minister of State for Government and Future Development, after serving as Minister of State for Happiness.
6 chief executives
The decisions of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum included the appointment of six chief executives of the state’s government, namely: Mohammed Sultan Al-Abdouli as head of legal affairs for the government, Dr. Mohammed Hamad Al-Kuwaiti as head of cyber security, Saeed Al-Atar Al-Dhanhani as head of the media office of the government, and Hoda Al-Hashemi as head of government strategy and innovation , Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori, Head of the Digital Government, and Mohammed Bin Talia, Head of Government Services.