Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais | |
Office: | Minister of Health |
President: | |
Primeminister: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Term Start: | 12 March 2013 |
Predecessor: | Himself (Acting) |
President1: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Primeminister1: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Term Start1: | 13 September 2011 |
Term End1: | 12 March 2013 |
Status1: | Acting |
Predecessor1: | Hanif Hassan Ali |
Successor1: | Himself |
Office2: | Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs |
Term Start2: | 20 October 2017 |
President2: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Primeminister2: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Predecessor2: | Anwar Mohammed Gargash |
Office3: | Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development |
Term Start3: | 09 February 2006 |
Term End3: | 12 March 2013 |
President3: | Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Primeminister3: | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum |
Predecessor3: | Office established |
Alma Mater: | United Arab Emirates University |
Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais (1967) is the minister of health in the United Arab Emirates.
A graduate of the United Arab Emirates University, Al Owais attained a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Information. He then became the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development in 2006. Thereafter, Al Owais was appointed as Acting Minister of Health in 2011 and served until 2013.
In 2013, Al Owais was appointed as minister of health.[1] In this capacity, he was later appointed by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve on the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019.[2]