Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi

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Sheikha
Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi
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Minister of State for Tolerance
In office
16 February 2016 –20 October 2017
Relatives Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (uncle)

Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid bin Sultan Al Qasimi (born 4 February 1962) is an Emirati politician and member of the ruling family of Sharjah and the niece to Sheikh Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi. She was previously the Minister of State for Tolerance, Minister of State for International Cooperation, and Minister of Economic and Planning of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). [1] She was the first woman to hold a ministerial post in the UAE. [2] [3]

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She has been President of Zayed University since 2014. [4]

History

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Lubna and Valdis Dombrovskis

Lubna graduated from the California State University, Chico with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, [5] and has an Executive MBA from the American University of Sharjah. [6] Lubna received an honorary doctorate of science from California State University, Chico. [6]

She returned to the UAE to work as a programmer for software company Datamation in 1981. She was the Dubai branch manager for the General Information Authority, the organization responsible for automating the federal government of the United Arab Emirates. [7] After this posting, she worked for seven years in the Dubai Ports Authority (DPA). [8] [9] [7]

As part of a cabinet reshuffle, the prime minister of UAE, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, announced that Sheikha Lubna would take a post as a minister in the newly established Ministry of tolerance. [10]

Honours and awards

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  3. ↑ "Minister of State for Tolerance Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi Has Been Named The Most Powerful Arab Woman In Government". Emirates Woman. 20 July 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "President issues Decree appointing Lubna Al Qasimi as President of Zayed University". WAM. 4 March 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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  6. 1 2 "Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi". www2.calstate.edu. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  7. 1 2 edited by Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Immanuel Azaad Moonesar (Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, UAE), Raed Awamleh (Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai, UAE), Rhys Rowland-Jones (Mohammed Bin Rashid School of Government, Dubai (2017). UAE : public policy perspectives (First ed.). Bingley, UK. p. 61. ISBN   978-1-78714-715-7. OCLC   978866542.{{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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