Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai tweeted the changes in the UAE government on Sunday Image Credit: Twitter

Dubai: On Sunday, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced the changes confirmed in the UAE government. Sheikh Mohammed tweeted his approval of the new government restructure on Saturday as part of plans to prepare the country for a post-coronavirus future.

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This is the complete UAE government structure including new ministries and ministers announced on Sunday:

- His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of UAE

- His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of UAE and Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Defence

- Lieutenant General Shaikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior

- Shaikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs

- Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and Minister of Finance

- Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

- Shaikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence

- Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and the Future

- Ahmad Juma Al Za'abi, Minister of the Federal Supreme Council

- Abdul Rahman Mohammad Al Owais, Minister of Health and Prevention and Minister of State for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs

- Dr Anwar Mohammad Gargash, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs

- Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs

- Reem Ebrahim Al Hashemi, Minister of State for International Cooperation

- Suhail Mohammad Faraj Al Mazroui, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure Development

- Dr Abdullah Mohammad Bel Haif Al Nuaimi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment

- Sultan Ahmad Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology

- Sultan Bin Saeed Al Badi, Minister of Justice

- Hussain Ebrahim Al Hammadi, Minister of Education

- Mohammad Bin Ahmad Al Bawardi, Minister of State for Defence Affairs

- Noora Mohammad Al Kaabi, Minister Cultural and Youth

- Jameela Salem Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Public Education

- Nasser Bin Thani Al Hameli, Minister of Human Resources and Emiratisation

- Hessa Bint Eisa Bu Humaid, Minister of Community Development

- Abdullah Bin Touq Al Marri, Minister of Economy

- Maitha Salem Al Shamsi, Minister of State

- Ahmad Abdullah Humaid Bel Houl Al Falasi, Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Thani Ahmad Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade

- Uhoud Khalfan Al Roumi, Minister of State for Government Development and the Future

- Shamma Suhail Faris Al Mazroui, Minister of State for Youth Affairs

- Zaki Nussaibah, Minister of State

- Mariam Bint Mohammad Al Muhairi, Minister of State for Food and Water Security

- Sara Bint Yousuf Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology

- Omar Sultan Al Olama, Minister of State for Digital Economy, Artificial Intelligence and Teleworking Applications

- Ahmad Ali Mohammad Al Sayegh, Minister of State

Sheikh Mohammed added that UAE would be "canceling 50 per cent of government service centers and converting them to digital platforms within two years while merging about 50 per cent of federal agencies with each other or within ministries creating new government ministerial positions."