Mariam Almheiri

Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri is an Emirati politician who is currently the head of the International Affairs Office at the Presidential Court. She previously served as the Minister of Climate Change and Environment in the United Arab Emirates until 11 January 2024.

Early life and education Almheiri was born in 1979 to an Emirati father and a German mother. She attended the Latifa School for Girls in Dubai and RWTH Aachen University in Germany, where she received bachelor's and master's degrees in mechanical engineering specialising in development and design engineering.

In October 2017, Almheiri has been minister of state for food security. In September 2018, she announced plans for 'Food Valley,' a food technology hub in the UAE, named after Silicon Valley. In January 2019, she was made an overseer of the Security and Foreign Affairs sector of the UAE's National Expert Programme. In the same month, she launched the UAE Food Security Strategy, consisting of five pillars: diversification of sources of food imports, research and development to increase domestic food production, reduction of food waste, maintenance of food safety standards, and increasing the UAE's ability to respond to crises. The goal of the strategy is to see UAE's place on the Global food security index advance from 31 to first place by 2051.

Almheiri has also been a member of the board of the Emirates Equestrian Federation since 2016.