Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates on Saturday announced a new federal government structure and a new mechanism for federal government action for the next 50 years.
HH Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, tweeted the formation of the new government following the reshuffle.
Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.
Mohammad bin Hadi Al Husseini was appointed as the new Minister of State for Financial Affairs, succeeding Obaid Al Tayer while Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi is the new Minister of Justice and Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar is Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation.
Mariam Al Muhairi was given the portfolio of Climate Change and Environment and Abdullah bin Muhair Al Ketbi the portfolio of the Federal Supreme Council Affairs.
“Brothers and sisters, after consulting with my brother Mohammed bin Zayed and getting the approval of President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, we announce today the new ministerial formation in the UAE together with a new mechanism for federal government work in the next 50 years,” Shaikh Mohammed tweeted.
“The new mechanism of work culminates our previous plan, “UAE Vision 2021”, during which we achieved our ambitions for the past ten years.
The UAE today leads the world in 100 development indicators and the region in 470 governmental, economic and technical indicators. We will embark on the new 50 years with different global ambitions,” the Vice-President added.
“We need to change the tools of change that we use. The new mechanism of government work will be utilized to accelerate achievements, set priorities and approve projects and budgets. We call on all federal institutions to forego ahead in line with it”, Shaikh Mohammed said.
Local daily Gulf News reported that the new mechanism of government works includes fives pillars including:
1- The government work will be led by major transformational projects, not just long-term strategic plans.
2- The upcoming training courses of change will be flexible and rapid (from 6 months to two years), in contrast to the previous strategic courses, which ranged from 5 to 10 years.
3- Sectoral priorities will be identified, followed by the developing clear transformational projects. Ministerial work teams will be formed to implement these projects by national cadres.
4- Moving from the sole responsibility of ministries to the joint responsibility of the field work teams. Contracts will be signed as part of transformational projects and will be followed-up by the Council of Ministers.
5- Setting a scale of incentives and promotions based on the performance of the executive teams and their ability to implement transformational projects approved by the Cabinet.
Shaikh Mohammed said that the Cabinet will form first ten sectoral transformation teams and decide on the first ten major projects in the government. Performance agreements will be signed and the timetables for the projects will be identified where an incentive package will be approved for the distinguished teams.
The UAE Cabinet:
1. His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
2. Shaikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
3. Lt General Shaikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
4. Shaikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs
5. Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
6. Shaikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence
7. Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Cabinet member and Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future
8. Abdul Rahman bin Mohammad bin Nasser Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs
9. Mohammad bin Hadi Al Husseini, Minister of State for Financial Affairs
10. Reem Ebrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation
11. Suhail Al Mazroui, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Development
12. Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology
13. Hussain bin Ibrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education
14. Mohammed bin Ahmad Al Bawardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs
15. Noora Mohammad Al Kaabi, Minister of Culture and Youth
16. Jameela Salem Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Public Education
17. Hessa Bint Eisa Bu Humaid, Minister of Community Development
18. Abdullah bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy
19. Mariam Al Muhairi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment
20. Dr. Abdulrahman Al Awar, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation
21. Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, Minister of Justice
22. Abdullah bin Muhair Al Ketbi, Minister for the Federal Supreme Council Affairs
23. Shaikh Shakhbout bin Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of State
24. Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State
25. Ahmad Abdullah Humaid Bel Houl Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs
26. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade
27. Ohoud Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future
28. Shamma Suhail Fairs Al Mazroui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs
29. Sarah bint Yousuf Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology
30. Omar bin Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Digital Economy, Artificial Intelligence, and Teleworking Applications
31. Ahmad Ali Mohammad Al Sayegh, Minister of State
32. Khalifa Shaheen Almara, Minister of State
33. Hamad Mubarak Al Shamsi, Minister of State.
