Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, on Monday chaired the first UAE Cabinet meeting of 2026 at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi.
The Cabinet reviewed the national journey over the past 20 years, during which the leadership was able to “re-engineer” the culture of work in the country, Sheikh Mohammed said.
“The federal government was able to, through 16,000 decisions, thousands of work teams, and budgets exceeding one trillion and 100 billion dirhams, re-engineer government work in the country by facilitating services, reviewing legislation, updating technological, investment, virtual and legal infrastructure, and transitioning to a new phase of developmental work,” Sheikh Mohammed wrote on X.
He added that, under the leadership of President Sheikh Mohamed, the Emirates has “solidified a model developmental journey, where the country leads the world in more than 280 developmental indicators in citizen well-being, education, health and housing”.
This is also reflected in trade and economic relations, Sheikh Mohammed said, as well as the UAE’s “global standing in artificial intelligence, space industries, sovereign assets, attracting the best talents, and working as an economic hub connecting the east of the world to its west”.
In November, at a previous Cabinet meeting held at the Dubai Airshow, Sheikh Mohammed presided over a Dh36.7 billion action plan to drive foreign investment into the Emirates.
It will seek to increase incoming overseas investment from Dh115 billion annually to Dh240 billion by 2031, and to raise the sto
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