UAE announces cabinet reshuffle

Published May 11th, 2009 - 11:49 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

UAE's Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a Federal Decree approving a Cabinet reshuffle in which Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, while Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan is now Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Presidential Affairs.

 

According to WAM, Shaikh Khalifa approved the Cabinet reshuffle, proposed by Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai, in which Humaid Mohammad Obaid Al Qutami, has also been appointed as Minister of Education while Dr Hanif Hassan Ali has been moved to the Ministry of Health.