February 11, 2021 at 12:51 pm | Published in: Middle East, News, UAE
UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash in Jeddah on 17 July 2019. [AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images]
February 11, 2021 at 12:51 pm
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has removed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, from his post in a cabinet reshuffle.
UAE Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, said Sheikh Shakhbout Bin Nahyan will replace Gargash who has been appointed as an adviser to the UAE president.
Sheikh Mohammed added in a tweet that the "small cabinet reshuffle" also included removing Zaki Nusseibah from his position as Minister of State for Public and Cultural Diplomacy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has been appointed cultural adviser to the president.