{"id":6881,"date":"2021-04-16T20:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T16:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/?p=6881"},"modified":"2025-04-09T00:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T20:32:23","slug":"biography-of-mohammad-al-gergawi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/2021\/04\/16\/biography-of-mohammad-al-gergawi\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography of Mohammad Al Gergawi.. the UAE Minister who leads the development of the Federal Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Al Gergawi is the Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates. He leads the development of the UAE Federal Government Strategy and oversees its overall delivery.\u00a0 Al Gergawi is also the Deputy Chairman of the Ministerial \u200eDevelopment Council and the Deputy Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority.\u200e<\/p>\n<p><!--moress \u0642\u0631\u0627\u0621\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0632\u064a\u062f--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6855 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/\u0645\u062d\u0645\u062f-\u0627\u0644\u0642\u0631\u0642\u0627\u0648\u064a-\u0645\u0639-\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633-\u0627\u0644\u0623\u0645\u0631\u064a\u0643\u064a-\u062c\u0648-\u0628\u0627\u064a\u062f\u0646-1-e1618639152765.jpg\" alt=\" Mohammad Al Gergawi and US President Joe Biden\" width=\"591\" height=\"471\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mohammad Al Gergawi and US President Joe Biden<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>In addition to his ministerial roles, Mohammad Al Gergawi holds various leading positions, including<\/strong>:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Chairman of The Executive Office in Dubai.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 Member of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/digital-cooperation-panel\/\">High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation<\/a> of the Secretary-General of the United Nations.<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 Co-Chairman of the Global Future Councils launched in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.<br \/>\n\u2022 Chairman of the Emirates Competitiveness Council.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 Chairman of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/video\/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D9%85%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84\/\">World Government\u00a0 Summit.<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 Secretary-General of the Mohammed bin Rashid Global Initiatives (MBRGI).<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Chairman of the Museum of the Future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Managing Director of the Dubai Future Foundation (DFF).<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/ageaward.com\/?page_id=8\">Arab Government Excellence Award<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6917\" style=\"-webkit-user-drag: none; display: inline-block; margin-bottom: -1ex;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad_Al_Gergawi_with_Pope_Francis_Head_of_the_Catholic_Church-1024x974.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Al Gergawi with Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church\" width=\"1024\" height=\"974\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mohammad Al Gergawi with Pope Francis, Head of the Catholic Church<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6902 size-large aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DSC05787-e1618594507873-1024x799.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Al Gergawi - Mohammad Al Gergawi during the Cabinet meeting\" width=\"1024\" height=\"799\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mohammad Al Gergawi during a Cabinet meeting<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Over the past years, Mohammad<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Al Gergawi held various positions, including<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Secretary-General of the Executive Council of the Government of Dubai.<br \/>\n\u2022 Founding Chairman of the Young Arab Leaders.<br \/>\n\u2022 Managing Director of Dubai Media Inc.<br \/>\n\u2022 Chairman o<span style=\"color: #000000;\">f <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/2021\/04\/16\/%d8%aa%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%b3%d8%aa-%d8%a8%d9%82%d8%b1%d8%b6-%d9%88%d8%a3%d8%ab%d8%a7%d8%ab-%d9%85%d8%b3%d8%aa%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84-%d9%88%d8%a3%d8%b5%d8%a8%d8%ad%d8%aa-%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%8b\/\">Dubai Holding<\/a>.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022 Chairman of the <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/2021\/03\/13\/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\/\">Dubai Development and Investment Authority.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/2021\/03\/13\/%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%A6%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AB%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6892 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Al-Gergawi-during-the-launch-of-the-Arab-Excellence-Award-at-the-Arab-League-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Al Gergawi - Mohammad Al Gergawi during the launch of the Arab Excellence Award at the Arab League\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Mohammad Al Gergawi during the launch of the Arab Excellence Award at the Arab League<\/p>\n<h3>On the Global front, H.E. Mohammad Abdullah Al Gergawi serves the following positions:<\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Member of the World Economic Forum&#8217;s (WEF) Leadership Council concerned with supervising the long-term strategy of the Forum and its various platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Co-Chairman of the Global Future Councils launched in collaboration between the UAE government and WEF.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 In 2018, he was chosen as a member of the UN Secretary-General\u2019s High-Level Panel on Digital Cooperation, a panel aiming to lay the foundations and main pillars for enabling governments address the challenges of the rapid technological advancements.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>In the academic field, H.E. has served as a member and a fellow at some national and international higher education institutions, such as:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u2022 Member of the Board of Directors of the United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).<br \/>\n\u2022 Member of \u200ethe Board of Trustees of Abu Dhabi University (ADU).<br \/>\n\u2022 Member of \u200ethe Supreme Council of the National Defense College (NDC).<br \/>\n\u2022 Founding Chairman of the Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government (MBRSG).<br \/>\n\u2022 Member of the International Advisory Board of the American University of Beirut (AUB).<br \/>\n\u2022 Honorary Fellow of London Business \u200eSchool (LBS).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6887\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Mohammad-Al-Gergawi-during-the-signing-of-a-cooperation-agreement-between-the-UAE-and-the-Republic-of-Azerbaijan-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Mohammad Al Gergawi - Mohammad Al Gergawi during the signing of a cooperation agreement between the UAE and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Ilham Aliyev\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" \/> Mohammad Al Gergawi during the signing of a cooperation agreement between the UAE and the Republic of Azerbaijan in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid and Ilham Aliyev<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Al Gergawi has received numerous notable honors and academic awards, including<\/strong>:<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zawya.com\/uae\/en\/press-releases\/story\/ESCP_Business_School_in_Paris_awards_honorary_doctorate_to_Mohammad_Al_Gergawi-ZAWYA20211118100911\/\">An honorary doctorate in government management and future strategies<\/a> by the ESCP Business School in Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2022The <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.albayan.ae\/across-the-uae\/news-and-reports\/2017-03-15-1.2887490\">Federal Personality Award<\/a> from His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.<\/span><br \/>\n\u2022 The <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.aawsat.com\/details.asp?article=315343&amp;issueno=9743#.YHqnbugzZPY\">Moroccan Royal Order of Merit<\/a> from His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco.<br \/>\n\u2022 The American Business Award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mohammad Al Gergawi is the Minister of Cabinet Affairs in the Federal Government of the United Arab Emirates. He leads the development of the UAE Federal Government Strategy and oversees its overall delivery.\u00a0 Al Gergawi is also the Deputy Chairman of the Ministerial \u200eDevelopment Council and the Deputy Chairman of the Emirates Investment Authority.\u200e<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11983,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,15],"tags":[40,44,13],"class_list":["post-6881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-30","category-english-stories","tag-dubai-holding","tag-mohammad-abdullah-al-gergawi","tag-mohammad-al-gergawi"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6881"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12659,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6881\/revisions\/12659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uaehumanjourney.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}