UAE appoints five women ministers, including a 22-year-old
A total of eight women were appointed ministers in the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday.
The women are among Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum’s latest cabinet line-up of 29 ministers in a series of tweets.
Most notable of the women ministers is 22-year-old Shamma al-Mazroui who was appointed Minister of State for youths. She is the youngest of the ministers in the cabinet.
According to a tweet by the PM who is also the ruler of Dubai, al-Mazroui holds a Masters’ degree from Oxford.
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— HH Sheikh Mohammed (@HHShkMohd) February 10, 2016
The female ministers include also Lubna al-Qassimi as State Minister for Tolerance, Noura al-Kaabi, as Minister of State for the Federal National Council, or parliament, Jamila al-Muhairi, as Minister of State for Education, and Najla al-Awar as Minister of Community Development.
