Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori is an
Emirati engineer
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who was the Minister of the Economy of the
United Arab Emirates
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from 2008 until 2020.
Biography
Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori holds a
bachelor's degree
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in
industrial engineering
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and management systems from
Arizona State University
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.
Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori was Minister of Communication (...-2004), Minister of Transport and Communication (2004-2006), and Minister of Governmental Sector Development (2006-2008).
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Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansoori was appointed Minister of the Economy in a cabinet reshuffle on 17 February 2008. Part of his program as Minister is to reduce the country's dependence on oil revenues. In March 2015, the Ministry of Economy allowed full ownership of foreign companies in the country's free zones. In November 2018, he laid out his strategy to strengthen ties between the UAE and ]Latin America
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n countries, while maintaining a strong bilateral trade strategy with China.General Civil Aviation Authority
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It was established in 1996 by Federal Cabinet Decree (Law 4) to regulate Civil Aviation ...
.
See also
* Economy of the United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates is a high-income developing market economy. The UAE's economy is the 3rd largest in the Middle East (after Turkey and Saudi Arabia ), with a gross domestic product (GDP) of US$415 billion (AED 1.83 trillion) in 2021-202 ...
* UAE vision 2021
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References
External links
Official biography
Living people
Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering alumni
Emirati industrial engineers
Economy ministers of the United Arab Emirates
Transport ministers of the United Arab Emirates
Communication ministers of the United Arab Emirates
Year of birth missing (living people)
Arizona State University alumni
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