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UAE federal government ministries and departments, and ministers

The UAE system of government consists of several federal authorities:

• Office of the President and Vice President - the President is the head of the Supreme Council, and appoints the Prime Minister and members of the Cabinet.
• Federal Supreme Council - consists of the rulers of each emirate and is the highest constitutional, legislative, end executive authority in the United Arab Emirates.
• Federal Cabinet, or Council of Ministers - is the executive authority for the federation of the UAE, manages all internal and foreign affairs under the UAE constitution and UAE federal laws. Headed by the UAE Prime Minister.
• Ministerial Council for Services - established in 2006, serves the UAE Cabinet as an executive council.
• Federal National Council (FNC) - a legislative and supervisory body, half the members are elected by an electoral college whose members are chosen by the rulers of each emirate, the other half are chosen by the rulers of each emirate.
• Federal Judicial Authority, or Federal Judiciary - includes the Supreme Court and the Courts of First Instance. Constitutionally independent.

UAE government top administration and leaders

Position	Name	C	M	Dates
President of the UAE	H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan			03 Nov 2004 - present
President of the UAE (died on 02 November 2004)	H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan			02 Dec 1971-02 Nov 2004
Vice President of the UAE	H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	√
Prime Minister of the UAE	H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	√
Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE	H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√
Deputy Prime Minister of the UAE	H.H. Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√
President of the UAE Ministerial Council for Services	H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√	√
President of the UAE Ministerial Council for Services	H.E. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gergawi	√
Secretary General of Cabinet - Coordinator of Ministerial Council for Services	H.E. Najla Mohammed Al Awar		√

• H.H. - His Highness, or Her Highness
• H.E. - His Excellency, or Her Excellency
• C - Member of the UAE Cabinet
• M - Member of the UAE Ministerial Council for Services

List of UAE federal government ministries, departments, and ministers

• The difference between a "Ministry" and a "Department" depends on who you listen to, where you are, what you read, what language you speak, etc. A simple definition can be misleading but as a starting point, consider a "Ministry" to be headed by a cabinet minister, and a "Department" as either a Ministry or another government division without a cabinet member as the head, but it comes under the authority of another ministry. For example:
  • traffic departments are not ministries - there is no Minister of Traffic, although traffic departments have a boss.
  • the transport department is the same as Ministry of Transport.
  • labour departments are the same as the labour ministries.
  • a police department is not the Ministry of Police.
• Other terms used for ministries and departments in different countries include: Agency, Bureau, Directorate-General, Office, People's Commissariat, Secretariat,
• Department heads might be called: Commissioner, Director-General, Minister, Secretary.

UAE Federal Ministry	Website	Email	Telephone Abu Dhabi	Telephone Dubai	Minister	C	M
Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries	www.uae.gov.ae/maf	maf@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6662781	+971-4-2958161	H.E. Saeed Mohammed Al Raqbani
Ministry of Cabinet Affairs	www.moca.gov.ae	moca@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6811113	+971-4-3967555	H.E. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Qarqawi	√	√
Ministry of Communications			+971-2-6651900	+971-4-2953330	H.E. Ahmed Humaid Al Tayer
Ministry of Culture Youth & Community Development	www.mcycd.ae	mcycd@moic.gov.ae	+971-2-4453000		H.E. AbdulRahman Mohammed Al Oweis	√	√
Ministry of Defense	www.mod.gov.ae		+971-2-4461300	+971-4-3532330	H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum	√
Ministry of Economy	www.economy.ae	economy@emirates.net.ae	+971-2-6265000	+971-4-2954000	H.E. Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri	√	√
Ministry of Economy & Commerce	www.uae.gov.ae/moec	moec@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6265000	+971-4-2954000	H.E. Sheikh Fahim Bin Sultan Al Qasimi
Ministry of Education	www.moe.gov.ae		+971-2-4089999	+971-4-2176666	H.E. Humaid Mohammed Obaid Al Qatami	√	√
Ministry of Education & Youth	www.education.gov.ae		+971-2-6213800	+971-4-2994100	Dr. Abdul Aziz Sharhan
Ministry of Electricity & Water			+971-2-6274222	+971-4-2626262	Humaid Bin Nasir Al Owais
Ministry of Energy	www.moenr.gov.ae	mopmr@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6671999		H.E. Mohammed Bin Dhaen Al Hamli1	√
Ministry of Environment and Water	www.moew.gov.ae	archives@moew.gov.ae	+971-2-4495100		H.E. Dr. Rashid Ahmed bin Fahd	√	√
Ministry of Finance	www.mof.gov.ae	mofi@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6726000	+971-4-3939000	H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum	√
Ministry of Finance & Industry	www.fedfin.gov.ae	www.government.ae	+971-2-6726000	+971-4-3939000	H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	www.mofa.gov.ae	mofa@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-4444488	+971-4-2221144	H.H. Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√
Ministry for Foreign Affairs		mofa@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6652200	+971-4-2221144	H.E. Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi
Ministry of Foreign Trade	www.moft.gov.ae				H.E. Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi	√
Ministry of Health	www.moh.gov.ae	postmaster@moh.gov.ae	+971-2-6334716	+971-4-3966000	H.E. Dr. Hanif Hasan Ali	√	√
Ministry of Health	www.uae.gov.ae/moh	moh@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6330000	+971-4-3966000	H.E. Hamad Abdul Rahman Al Madfa
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research	www.mohesr.ae	mohe@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6428000		H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan	√
Ministry of Information & Culture		mic@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-4453000	+971-4-2615500	H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Ministry of Interior	www.moi.gov.ae		+971-2-4414666	+971-4-3980000	H.E. Lt General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√
Ministry of Interior			+971-2-4414666	+971-4-3980000	Lt Gen Dr. Mohammed Saeed Al Badi
Ministry of Justice	ejustice.gov.ae		+971-2-6814000	+971-4-2825999	H.E. Dr. Hadef Jawa'an Al Dhaheri	√	√
Ministry of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Awqaf			+971-2-6814000	+971-4-2825999	Mohammed Jumaa Nukhaira Al Dhahiri
See also UAE country guide
Ministry of Labour	www.mol.gov.ae		+971-2-6671700	+971-4-2691666	H.E. Saqr Ghobash Saeed Ghobash	√	√
Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs			+971-2-6671700	+971-4-2691666	H.E. Mattar Humaid Al Tayer
Ministry of Petroleum & Mineral Resources		mopmr@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6651810		H.E. Obeid bin Saif Al Nassiri
Ministry of Planning	www.uae.gov.ae/mop	mop@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6271100	+971-4-3531060	Sheikh Humaid bin Ahmed Al Mu'alla
Ministry of Presidential Affairs	www.mopa.ae		+971-2-6222221		H.H. Sheikh Mansoor Bin Zayed Al Nahyan	√
Ministry of Public Works	www.mopw.gov.ae	mpwh@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6651778	+971-4-2693900	H.E. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan	√	√
Ministry of Public Works & Housing		mpwh@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6651778	+971-4-2693900	Rakad bin Salem Al Rakad
Ministry of Social Affairs	www.msa.gov.ae	prsa@mol.gov.ae	+971-2-6322500		H.E. Maryam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi	√	√
Other UAE Government Ministers
Minister of State					H.E. Dr. Maitha' Salem Al Shamsi	√
Minister of State					H.E. Reem Ibraheem Al Hashemi	√
Ministry of State for Cabinet Affairs	www.uae.gov.ae/moca	moca@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6811113	+971-4-3967555	H.E. Saeed Khalfan Al Ghaith
Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs	www.mfnca.gov.ae				H.E. Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash	√	√
Minister of State for Financial Affairs					H.E. Obaid Humaid Al Tayer	√	√
Minister of State for Financial & Industrial Affairs					Dr. Mohammed Khalfan bin Kharbash
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs					H.E. Dr. Anwar Mohammed Gargash	√
Minister of State for Foreign Affairs					H.E. Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Gargawi
Ministry of State for Foreign Affairs		mofa@uae.gov.ae	+971-2-6652200	+971-4-2221144	H.H. Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahayan
Ministry of State for Supreme Council Affairs			+971-2-6323900		H.E. Sheikh Majid Bin Saeed Al Nuaimi

1. UAE Minister of Oil is Mohammed Al Hamli (same as Ministry of Energy?).

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• Most UAE Government websites are in Arabic and English.
• Information in grey and/or italics is to be updated, or refers to old information (usually prior to new cabinet in 2006). Mostly based on data from www.government.ae.

References to ministry or non-ministry departments in the UAE

• Department of Economic Development
• Department of Finance
• Department of Foreign Affairs - reference to UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA or MFA).
• Department of Health UAE - might be reference to UAE Ministry of Health, or to health departments in each emirate, for example the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) and Health Authority Abu Dhabi (HAAD).
• Department of Labor (Labour) - see UAE Ministry of Labor. Labour departments in each emirate come under the MOL authority.
• Department of Immigration - see individual immigration departments in each emirate of the UAE.
• Department of Presidential Affairs, or Office of the President. See Ministry of Presidential Affairs (MOPA or MPA). Not the same as the President's Office or Presidential Dewan (describing a building location rather than a political organisation)?
• Department of Transport (DOT) - DOT in Abu Dhabi, RTA in Dubai.
• Dubai Police Traffic Department UAE (?)
• Drug Control Department
• Economic Department
• Federal Transport Authority (FTA) - Land & Maritime, website www.fta.gov.ae.
• Immigration Department - see the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs in each emirate.
• Insurance Authority (IA), website ww.ia.gov.ae.
• Labour Department - see UAE Ministry of Labour.
• Metereological Department
• Public Works Department - reference to the UAE Ministry of Public Works.
• State Security Department
• Traffic Department

UAE ministry jobs and careers

Arab names in the UAE

Many names are written in several different ways, for example

• Abdulaziz - Abdul Aziz
• Abdulrahman - Abdul Rahman
• Ahmed - Ahmad
• Bin - Ibn (but that's rare in the UAE)
• Gergawi - Gargawi, Qerqawi, Qarqawi
• Dhaheri - Daheri
• Fahed - Fahd, Fahed
• Hasan - Hassan
• Ghobash - Ighbash (H.E. Saqr Ighbash Saeed Ighbash)?
• Jawa'an - Jua'an
• Jumaa - Juma
• Majid - Majed
• Mansoor - Mansour
• Maktoum - Maktoom, Maktum
• Mattar - Matar
• Mohammed - Mohammad, Mohamed, Mohamad, Moh'd, (Muhammad, Muhammed, Muhamad, Muhamed - less common in UAE)
• Mu'alla - Mualla, Muallah, Mu'allah
• Nasser - Naser, Nasir
• Nahyan - Nahayan
• Najla - Najlah
• Obaid - Obeid
• Owais - Oweis
• Qarqash - Gargash, Ghargash
• Qasimi - Qassimi
• Qatami - Katami, Khatami, Qattami
• Rashed - Rashid
• Saeed - Saed, Sayed, Sayeed, Sa'id
• Sheikh (male) - Shaikh, Sheik, Shaik (can be a name or a title), Shaykh
• Sheikha (female) - Shaikha, Sheikha, Shaikha, Sheika, Shaika, Sheika, Shaikah, Sheikah, Shaikah, Sheikah, Shaikah (can be a name or a title)

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