His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Yousef Al Sulaiti

Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs

Biography

His Excellency Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Sulaiti was appointed Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs in October 2021.

Career

His Excellency was Vice President of the Shura Council from 2017 to 2021, after holding a number of other roles for the Shura Council. Previously, His Excellency was a member and observer of the Shura Council from 2004 to 2016, a member of the Cultural Affairs and Media Committee from 2004 to 2008, a member of the Legal and Legislation Committee from 2004 to 2016, Rapporteur of the Committee on Internal and Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2011 and a member of the Election Committee for the Shura Council in 2021.

His Excellency was also a member of the OIC Member States from 2006 to 2011, a member of the Executive Committee of the Arab Parliamentary Union from 2008 to 2011, a member of the General Committee of OIC Member States from 2012 to 2014, a member of the GCC Parliamentary Committee for Coordination of Foreign Relations in 2012 and a member of the GCC Parliamentary Committee in the legislative field in 2013.

His Excellency was a member of the Committee for the Study of Naturalization Status in 2003, a member of the Committee for the Study of Temporary Card Status in 2006 and a member of the Board of Directors of the General Authority for Minor Affairs from 2006 to 2008. He has also been a member of the Qatar Nationality Committee since 2005.

His Excellency has served in many roles for the GCC. From 2007 to 2014, he was a member of a committee evaluating the process of the Cooperation Council of the Advisory Board of the GCC. In 2008, His Excellency was Chairman of the Employment Seekers Problem Committee of the GCC Advisory Board, and in 2009, a member of the Water and Food Security Committee of the GCC Advisory Board, and a member of the GCC Disability Committee. In 2010, His Excellency was a member of the Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change in the Advisory Board of the GCC, and from 2010 to 2013 he was a member of the Media Strategy Evaluation Committee in the GCC Advisory Board.

In 2011, His Excellency was a member of the Committee for unifying the efforts of member states in the field of translation, Arabization and interest in Arabic by the Advisory Board of the GCC countries, and was member of the Alternative Energy and Resource Development Committee in the GCC. In 2012, His Excellency was a member of the Committee on Anti-Corruption Mechanisms and Development Constraints and a member of the Committee for the Study of Federalism in GCC countries for the advisory body of the GCC. In 2013, he served as a member of the committee associated with children’s programmes, exploring how to develop them in the GCC countries. He also served as a member of the Human Development Committee and the Secretariat of Future Generations in the GCC for the Advisory Board of the GCC in 2014.

In 2015, His Excellency served as Chairman of the Oil and Gas Future Committee, focusing on the source of wealth and energy in GCC countries, and the importance of preserving it as a strategic, development and security option. He also served as a member of the Committee for the Development of Public-Private Partnership in the GCC in 2015.

In 2015, His Excellency was also a member of the Committee for the Growth and Welfare of the Level of Citizen Income in the GCC and served as Chairman of the Committee for the Development of the Work of the Advisory Board of the GCC countries.