Dr. Amal Abdullah Juma Al Qubaisi represents Abu Dhabi on the Federal National Council, with a special interest in education and young people’s issues. The council serves as the United Arab Emirates advisory body that also reviews and recommends federal draft laws. In 2009 Dr. Al Qubaisi was the first female elected to the council. She was the head of the United Arab Emirates delegation to the second regional conference for women parliamentarians and decision makers in the Gulf Corporation Council countries in 2007. As a trained architect she has also worked with UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on conservation projects in Al Ain. Academic Qualifications: Bachelors degree in Architecture from United Arab Emirates University in 1993. Masters degree from University of Sheffield – UK in 1995. PhD Degree from University of Sheffield – UK in 2000. Work Experience: 1st: Previous Experiences: -Assistant Professor in United Arab Emirates 2000-2006.- -President of the Cultural Heritage Unit - Al Ain Tourism and Economic Development Authority 2001-2003. -Vice-president of the Society of Conservation of the Architectural Heritage. -Assistant Professor (Member of the faculty) in the Architecture Section - Faculty of Architecture, United Arab Emirates University.

3rd. Membership (Associations – Clubs – Companies – Institutions) Member of the National Board for the Conservation of Antiquities and Archeological Sites 2002-2007. Founding Member of the Society of Conservation of the Architectural Heritage 2003-2007. Member of the Architects Association 2006-2007. 4th. Parliamentary Capacity 1- At present, vice president of the UAE Federal National Council. 2- President of the Education, Youth, Media and Culture Committee in the Federal National Council for the 14th Legislative Chapter – 2007-2009. 3- Member of Health, Labor and Social Affairs Committee in the Federal National Council for the 14th Legislative Chapter – 2007-2009. P.S.: The FIRST woman elected for the membership of the Federal National Council

In January, Dr Amal Al Qubaisi made history by becoming the first woman to chair a session of the UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC), when she deputised for speaker Mohammed Al Murr. A former architect, who has worked to document and preserve some of the UAE’s most impressive heritage sites, she was honoured with an Abu Dhabi award in 2008.  Al Qubaisi represents Abu Dhabi on the FNC, with a special interest in education and young people’s issues. The council serves as the United Arab Emirates advisory body that also reviews and recommends federal draft laws. In 2009, Al Qubaisi was the first female elected to the council. She was the head of the United Arab Emirates delegation to the second regional conference for women parliamentarians and decision makers in the Gulf Corporation Council countries in 2007.

Dr. Amal Abdullah Juma Al Qubaisi represents Abu Dhabi on the Federal National Council, with a special interest in education and young people’s issues. In 2009 Dr. Al Qubaisi was the first female elected to the council. She was the head of the United Arab Emirates delegation to the second regional conference for women parliamentarians and decision makers in the Gulf Corporation Council countries in 2007. As a trained architect she has also worked with UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, on conservation projects in Al Ain.

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