APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from May 2003

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from May 2003

DUBAI - The Non-OPEC Countries - Part 5 - The Emirate Of Dubai.
May 5, 2003... The UAE's federal super-structure has no authority over the petroleum sector and related industries in Dubai or in the other member emirates. Each of the emirates has its own government and petroleum department or national oil company. There is...

DUBAI - Profile - Shaikh Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
May 5, 2003... Ruler of Dubai and UAE Vice President, Maktoum is the UAE's prime minister. He inherited these positions from his father Shaikh Rashid, who died in November 1990. He formed a cabinet on Nov. 20, 1990. Before that, when he was UAE deputy prime...

DUBAI - Profile - Shaikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... UAE Minister of Finance and Industry, Shaikh Hamdan is the second son of the late Shaikh Rashid. He has held this portfolio since the mid-1970s. He heads the Dubai Municipal Council. He has held this post since the 1970s. The council acts as a...

DUBAI - Profile - Shaikh Ahmad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... Born in 1950 as the fourth son of the late Shaikh Rashid, Ahmad is the youngest of the ruling Maktoum brothers. With a high military rank, he heads the local security forces. But he is often abroad and still has the reputation of a "playboy"....

DUBAI - Profile - The Maktoum Sister.(Brief Article)
May 5, 2003... The Maktoum brothers have one sister who in the 1960s was married to the then emir of Qatar, Shaikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani, who allegedly shifted considerable wealth to Dubai and forged a merger of the two emirates' monetary agencies. Shaikh...