Abdullah Al Nuaimi

Abdullah bin Mohammad Bel Haif Al Nuaimi is an Emirati engineer and politician, who has been serving as minister of Infrastructure Development since 12 March 2013.

Education

Nuaimi holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, which he obtained from University of Wisconsin–Madison. He received a PhD in engineering project management from the University of Reading.

Career

Nuaimi is an engineer by profession. He served as a distribution manager at the ministry of water and electricity. Then he worked at the civil aviation authority as engineering manager where he realized improvement of the Abu Dhabi International Airport and its extensions. He was also a visiting professor at the Higher College of Technology in Dubai.

He served as undersecretary at the ministry of public works until March 2013. In a reshuffle on 12 March 2013, he was appointed minister of public works to the cabinet led by Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, replacing Hamdan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan in the post. Nuaimi is also the director of Etihad Rail and national transport authority. He is a board member of the following: Union Railway Company, Federal Electricity and Water Authority and the Tennis Emirates.