Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais

Abdul Rahman Bin Mohammed Al Owais (1967) is the minister of health in the United Arab Emirates.

Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al Owais
Minister of Health
Minister of Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 March 2013
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Himself (Acting)
Acting
In office 13 September 2011 – 12 March 2013
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Hanif Hassan Ali
Succeeded by	Himself
Minister of State for Federal National Council Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2017
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Anwar Mohammed Gargash
Minister of Culture and Knowledge Development
In office 09 February 2006 – 12 March 2013
President	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Prime Minister	Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
Personal details
Alma mater	United Arab Emirates University

A graduate of the United Arab Emirates University, Al Owais attained a bachelor's degree in Accounting and Information. He then became the Minister of Culture, Youth and Community Development in 2006. Thereafter, Al Owais was appointed as Acting Minister of Health in 2011 and served until 2013.

In 2013, Al Owais was appointed as minister of health.[1] In this capacity, he was later appointed by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to serve on the Independent High-level Commission on Non-Communicable Diseases from 2018 until 2019.[2]