Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori
Director General of Dubai Digital Authority.
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Name in Arabic:
حمد عبيد المنصوري
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Date of Birth:
1972
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54 Year)
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Nationality:
Emirati
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Country of Residence:
United Arab Emirates
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Hamad Obaid Al Mansoori's Bio
Director General of the Dubai Digital Authority since June 22, 2021, United Arab Emirates.
He is the Chairman of the Digital Government of the UAE Government since July 5, 2020, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre , since July 2015, the Emirates Foundation for Advanced Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emirates Space Agency , and a member of the Board of Directors. Management of the “ Dubai Chamber for Digital Economy ” since June 30, 2021, and the “Emirates Technology Solutions Company”, and a member of the “Emirates Council for Artificial Intelligence ” and the “Emirates Council for the Fourth Industrial Revolution”.
He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Specialized Telecommunications Corporation “Nidaa” , Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the “ Security Industry Regulatory Corporation ”, and a member of the High-Level International Committee on Broadband for Digital Development. The committee is one of the joint international committees of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). And UNESCO, which is concerned with achieving digital development goals worldwide.
Hamad holds advisory positions in many government agencies, including: Advisor to the Director General of Information Systems at the Dubai Police General Headquarters, Technical Advisor at the General Administration of Residency and Foreigners Affairs , and General Supervisor of Information Systems at the Endowments and Minors Affairs Foundation .
He served as Director General of the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority between 2015 and 2021, Deputy Director General of the Authority for the Information and E-Government Sector between 2013 and 2015, and Director General of the UAE Smart Government between 2014 and 2015, where he contributed to the management and implementation of many projects and initiatives on... At the national level, he also held the position of Information Systems Advisor at the Dubai Government Public Prosecution between 2008 and 2010.
Other positions that Al Mansouri held at the state level include: Director General of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Smart Learning Program” during the pilot phase, director of “Electronic Portal Programs” at the state level, member of the Supreme Committee for Information Systems in the “Ministry of Labour,” and head of the electronic connectivity project. In addition to other national projects.
He supervised the manufacture and launch of the KhalifaSat satellite, which is the first Emirati satellite manufactured entirely in the country and by 100% Emirati engineers. He was also at the head of the team charged with supervising the launch at the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan on October 29. The first 2018.
He won the Prime Minister’s Medal for Best General Manager in the fifth session of the “Mohammed bin Rashid Award for Distinguished Government Performance.”
He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science in 2000 from Middlesex University in the United Kingdom.




