Agency Name: | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
Type: | Ministry |
Nativename: | وزارة الخارجية |
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Jurisdiction: | Federal government of the United Arab Emirates |
Headquarters: | King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street, Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
Minister1 Name: | Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
Minister1 Pfo: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Minister2 Name: | Reem Al Hashimy |
Minister2 Pfo: | Minister of State for International Cooperation |
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) (Arabic: وزارة الخارجية) is a government ministry in the United Arab Emirates responsible for overseeing the country's diplomatic relations as well as its foreign policy.[1] The ministry is also responsible for maintaining UAE's government offices abroad with diplomatic and consular status.
This is a list of foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates.
Portrait | Name(Birth–Death) | Term of office | Prime Minister(s) | ||||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
1 | Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al SuwaidiArabic: أحمد بن خليفة السويدي(1937–) | 9 December 1971 | 20 November 1990 | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum(1971–1979)
(1979–1990) | |||
2 | Rashid Abdullah Al NuaimiArabic: راشد عبدالله النعيمي | 20 November 1990 | 4 January 2006 | Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum(1990–2006) | |||
4 | Abdullah bin Zayed Al NahyanArabic: عبدالله بن زايد آل نهيان(1972–) | 9 February 2006 | Incumbent | Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum(2006–present) |