Abdullah Al Nuaimi is an Emirati engineer and politician. He was the minister of infrastructure development from 2013 to 2020 and the minister of climate change and environment for one year between 2020 and 2021.

Education

Nuaimi holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, which he obtained from

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in 1980. He received a PhD in engineering project management from the University of Reading in 1990.

Career

Nuaimi is an engineer by profession. He served as a distribution manager at the ministry of water and electricity. Then he worked at the civil aviation authority as engineering manager where he improvement the Abu Dhabi International Airport and its extensions. He was also a visiting professor at the Higher College of Technology in

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. He served as undersecretary at the ministry of public works until March 2013. In a reshuffle on 12 March 2013, he was appointed minister of public works to the cabinet led by Prime Minister

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, replacing

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in the post. Nuaimi is also the director of Etihad Rail and national transport authority. He is a board member of the following: Union Railway Company, Federal Electricity and Water Authority and the Tennis Emirates. He was announced as the new minister of climate change and environment on 5 July 2020.

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