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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

وزارة الخارجية
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Ministry overview
Formed	9 December 1971; 53 years ago (9 December 1971)
Jurisdiction	Federal government of the United Arab Emirates
Headquarters	King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street, Al Bateen, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ministers responsible	Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Reem Al Hashimy, Minister of State for International Cooperation
Website	mofaic.gov.ae

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) (Arabic: وزارة الخارجية) is a government ministry in the United Arab Emirates responsible for overseeing the country's diplomatic relations as well as its foreign policy. The ministry is also responsible for maintaining UAE's government offices abroad with diplomatic and consular status.

List

This is a list of foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates.

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Prime Minister(s)
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Ahmed Bin Khalifa Al Suwaidi أحمد بن خليفة السويدي (1937–)	9 December 1971	20 November 1990	18 years, 346 days	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1971–1979) Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1979–1990)
2		Rashid Abdullah Al Nuaimi راشد عبدالله النعيمي	20 November 1990	4 January 2006	15 years, 45 days	Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1990–2006)
4		Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan عبدالله بن زايد آل نهيان (1972–)	9 February 2006	Incumbent	18 years, 318 days	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (2006–present)

References

1. "Contact us". Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. Retrieved 2019-08-20. King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud Street,Al Bateen – Abu Dhabi – United Arab Emirates

Sources

• Rulers.org – Foreign ministers S–Z

External links

• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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