UAE FIRST EVER STEP TOWARD SUCCESS OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

After land, oil, and tourism, UAE is moving towards science and technology. Omar Bin Sultan, the UAE's first Minister for Artificial Intelligence.

Ministers also appointed for Advanced Sciences and Food Security as UAE looks to the future

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Omar Bin Sultan, the UAE's first Minister for Artificial Intelligence.

The UAE on Thursday appointed Omar Bin Sultan Al Olama as the country's first Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence as part of a cabinet reshuffle.

Aged just 27, his appointment is part of the UAE's ambition to be at the forefront of the global technological revolution which sees it planning to be build homes on the planet Mars by 2117.

The position was announced in a tweet by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and Vice President and ruler of Dubai who said: "The new Government is a Government for the new Emirati percentage. To develop knowledge. Supporting science and research."

The move comes just days after Sheikh Mohammed announced the UAE Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (AI), a major part of the UAE Centennial 2070 objectives.

Other new positions created in the reshuffle include a Minister for Advanced Sciences and another for Food Security, according to a series of tweets, written in Arabic.

Sheikh Mohammed said: "The new Government is a Government for the new Emirati percentage. To develop knowledge. Supporting science and research."

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