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While they may also have public policy objectives, GOCs should be differentiated from other forms of government agencies or state entities established to pursue purely non-financial objectives. [ 1 ] Government-owned companies of the United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates federal entities (2 C, 18 P) Pages in category "Government agencies of the United Arab Emirates" This category contains only the following page.
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 ...
Defunct government agencies of Abu Dhabi (4 P) Pages in category "Government agencies of Abu Dhabi" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
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]
In 1971, a council of ministers was formed in the Abu Dhabi emirate by virtue of the provisions of Law No. (1) to reorganise the government apparatus. But in 1974, the said law was superseded and substituted with Law No. (1), which organised Abu Dhabi's government apparatus, renaming the "Council of Ministers" as the "Abu Dhabi Executive Council".
This followed the creation of the UAE as an independent state in 1971. The original purpose of the UAE Currency Board was to issue an independent currency for the new state to replace the existing currencies in use: the Qatari riyal and the Bahraini Dinar. The new UAE dirham entered circulation on the same day the Currency Board was established.
Dubai government departments or agencies are formed by royal decree, such as the decree to form the Dubai Police Force in 1956 [7] and then generally added to the responsibilities of the Dubai Executive Council. In 2022, the Dubai government has 58 governmental departments under the supervision of the Dubai Executive Council. [6]