Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

Ruler of Dubai · UAE

Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum is the ruler of Dubai, whose D33 agenda commits the emirate to AED 32 trillion in published economic targets by 2033.

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Age77

BornJuly 15, 1949 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

FieldHead of government

CountryUnited Arab Emirates

RoleRuler of Dubai

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The agenda is unusual for stating a baseline, a target and a date for each commitment, which makes it scorable by outside parties without the issuer's cooperation.

This VJOURNAL profile gathers verified biographical data, official channels and our 2026 analysis of running a city against a published roadmap.

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People · Aug 19, 2026

Dubai publishes a decade of numeric targets. Almost no other city dares to be measured that way

Double the economy, top three globally, foreign trade from AED 14.2 to 25.6 trillion, foreign direct investment from AED 32 to 60 billion a year. These are product specifications with dates attached, and publishing them is a far riskier act than it looks.

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