Shamma Al Mazrui

Shamma bint Suhail Faris Al Mazrui (born 1993/94) is an Emirati politician who currently serves as Minister for Youth in the United Arab Emirates. In February 2016, she became the youngest government minister in the world.

Al Mazrui was born and raised in Abu Dhabi. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from New York University Abu Dhabi. She graduated with a Masters of Public Policy from the University of Oxford in 2015. She was the UAE's first Rhodes scholar.

Al Mazrui worked in private equity in an Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund and as a public policy analyst at the UAE Mission to the United Nations. She also worked as an intern at the UAE Embassy in Washington D.C.

Al Mazrui was appointed by Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum as Minister of State for Youth Affairs in February 2016 at age 22, making her the youngest member of the UAE cabinet and the youngest government minister in the world. She was appointed after Al Maktoum tweeted asking the UAE's universities to nominate a young person for the role. She is one of eight women in the twenty-nine member Cabinet.

Al Mazrui presides over the newly established National Youth Council, which bring together young professionals from a variety of backgrounds to represent the affairs of youth to the government. She has also established "youth circles" which allow young people to register to participate in consultative meetings to explore significant issues such as climate change and education.

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