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The Chairman and members of the board of the Emirates Investment Authority were named by the Cabinet yesterday.
- WAM
- Published: 00:55 January 10, 2008
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- Shaikh Mohammad chairs Cabinet meeting in Abu Dhabi in the presence of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister.
Abu Dhabi: The Chairman and members of the board of the Emirates Investment Authority were named by the Cabinet yesterday.
During a meeting chaired by His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, the Cabinet approved the appointments of Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Presidential Affairs, as Chairman of the authority, and Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, as Deputy Chairman.
Khadem Al Qubaisi, Saud Bel Alawi, Abdul Hamid Saeed, Hashim Al Dabl and Eisa Al Suwaidi have been appointed board members of the authority.
The Cabinet also approved the appointment of Saif Sultan Al Aryani as Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry. He was earlier the UAE Ambassador to France and was also permanent delegate of the UAE to Unesco.
Reem Ebrahim Al Hashemi has been appointed Assistant to the Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs with the rank of Ambassador. Reem was Commercial Attache for the Ministry of Economy in the embassy in Washington.
During the meeting, which was held in the presence of Shaikh Hamdan Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, the Cabinet discussed a system to measure the performance of federal ministries and institutions.
The system will focus on customer satisfaction, quality and transparency. The Cabinet reviewed various issues on its agenda and ratified the agreements signed between the UAE and a number of countries.
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