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This is a list of government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates. A Government-owned corporation is a legal entity that undertakes commercial activities on behalf of an owner government . Their legal status varies from being a part of government to stock companies with a state as a regular stockholder .
The Advanced Technology Research Council (ATRC) is an Abu Dhabi government entity [1] responsible for shaping advanced research and development (R&D) for technology in Abu Dhabi, [2] [3] the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The current ATRC Secretary-General is Faisal Al Bannai. [4]
Although not required in the Constitution, by convention, the ruler of Abu Dhabi has always assumed the position of president and the ruler of Dubai always held the position of prime minister, except for the period between 1971-1979, when the crown prince of Dubai at the time, Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum, held the position while his father ...
The ruler of Abu Dhabi would appoint representatives for Al Ain and other western regions, a position held by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan in 1946 prior to becoming the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966 and establishing the first agency of what would be later reformed into the Abu Dhabi government, the Abu Dhabi Planning Council. [4]
But in 1974, the said law was superseded and substituted with Law No. (1), which organised Abu Dhabi's government apparatus, renaming the "Council of Ministers" as the "Abu Dhabi Executive Council". The Executive Council is chaired since 2004 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan , currently president of the United Arab Emirates, ruler of Abu ...
Al Ain is the largest inland city in the Emirates, the fourth-largest city (after Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah), and the second-largest in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The freeways connecting Al Ain, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai form a geographic triangle in the country, each city being roughly 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the others.
Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development estimates that investments in IT and Telecom sectors are likely to reach AED18.4 billion (USD5 billion) in 2011, as against AED16.1 billion in 2010. [ 3 ] The eGovernment program in the UAE is a key initiative of the UAE Government Strategy 2011-2013 that lays the foundation to achieve UAE Vision 2021 .