Maryam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi

Maryam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi
Minister of Social Affairs
Assumed office
9 February 2006
Prime Minister Mohammad bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Personal details
Born (1957-02-02) 2 February 1957
Nationality Emirati
Alma mater United Arab Emirates University

Maryam Mohammed Khalfan Al Roumi (born 2 February 1957) is an Emirati woman politician, who has been serving as the minister of social affairs since February 2006. She is the second woman who holds a cabinet post in the United Arab Emirates, and one of two women in the cabinet.[1]

Early life and education

Roumi was born on 2 February 1957.[2] She received a bachelor's degree in English literature from the United Arab Emirates University in 1980.[2][3]

Career

Roumi was a research assistant at her alma mater, UAE University, from March 1983 to August 1983.[2] She served as the chairman of the UAE special olympics from 1989 to 1994.[2] She also served as the chairman of the higher advisory committee for the women higher colleges of technology in Abu Dhabi from 1990 to 1994. Then she became the director of Abu Dhabi's handicapped rehabilitation center and of center for special needs at the ministry of labor and social affairs where she served from April 1984 to February 1999.[2] She served as the undersecretary of the ministry of labour and social affairs from February 1999 to February 2006.[4] She was appointed minister of social affairs to the cabinet headed by prime minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on 9 February 2006.[4][5] She retained her post in the reshuffle of May 2009.[6]

Awards

Roumi holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Middlesex Dubai which was given in December 2009.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Joyce Gelb; Marian Lief Palley (2009). Women and Politics Around the World: A Comparative History and Survey. ABC-CLIO. p. 35. ISBN 978-1-85109-988-7. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Government Members". National Council. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. ↑ Kristin Augsburg; Isabell A. Claus; Diana Abad; Kasim Randeree (1 April 2009). Leadership and the Emirati woman: breaking the glass ceiling in the Arabian Gulf. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 22. ISBN 978-3-643-10251-5. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 "President okays new cabinet". Khaleej Times (Abu Dhabi). 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "United Arab Emirates names new cabinet". People's Daily. 10 February 2006. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  6. ↑ "Cabinet reshuffled; Saif and Mansour become Deputy Prime Ministers". Gulf News. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  7. ↑ "Middlesex University confers honorary doctorate on Mariam Al Roumi". UAE Interact. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
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