Shamma Al Mazrui is the Minister of State for Youth Affairs of the UAE, and is currently the youngest Minister in the world.
She is focused on representing youth issues and aspirations at the ministerial Council, setting development plans, and defining strategies for improving youth capabilities.
Her Excellency was appointed in 2020. Prior, she was name Minister of State for Youth Affairs. Her tasks focus on representing youth issues and aspirations at the UAE Cabinet and setting development plans and strategies for improving youth capabilities, in addition to further utilizing their energy in various fields.
Earlier, Al Mazrui worked in Private Equity at one of Abu Dhabi’s sovereign wealth funds. She also previously worked as a public policy analyst at the UAE Mission to the United Nations, as a Ministry Policy Analyst with the Prime Minister’s Office, as a Research Analyst at the UAE Embassy in DC, and as an Education Policy Researcher at Tamkeen (UAE Strategic Affairs Authority).
Al Mazrui obtained her Masters of Public Policy with Distinction from the University of Oxford in 2015. She was the first UAE Rhodes Scholar and ranked within the top of her class. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a concentration in Finance at New York Abu Dhabi in 2014.