Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais (1967) is the

minister of health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare spending and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental heal ...

in the

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. A graduate of the

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, Al Owais attained a bachelor's degree in

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and Information. He then became the

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, 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. In this capacity, he was later appointed by WHO Director-General

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to serve on the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019.WHO Independent High-level Commission on NCDs

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(WHO).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Owais, Abdul Rahman Mohammed 1967 births Health ministers of the United Arab Emirates Culture ministers of the United Arab Emirates Living people United Arab Emirates University alumni