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Abdulla Al Mandous










Abdulla Al Mandous



President of WMO











Abdulla Al Mandous was elected by the Nineteenth World Meteorological Congress in 2023 for a four-year term beginning immediately after the closure of the Congress-19. This is his first term as President of WMO.





The President is the Chair of Congress and the Executive Council and an ex officio member of the Executive Council. The role of the President, complementary to that of the Secretary-General, is to guide and coordinate the activities of the Organization and its various bodies: Congress, the Executive Council, the regional associations and the technical commissions.

Dr Abdulla Al Mandous is currently the Director General of the National Center of Meteorology (NCM) (since 2022) and Permanent Representative of United Arab Emirates with WMO since 2008.

Dr Al Mandous previously served as Executive Director of the NCM from 2008-2022. During this time, he has been actively engaged in many WMO, international and national activities including: 

President of the Regional Association for Asia (2017-2023)

Member of WMO’s Executive Council

Chair of the Panel on Tropical Cyclones (PTC 47 & 48)

Member of the Permanent Committee for Meteorology of the League of Arab States

Member of the Gulf Cooperation Council on Meteorology

Expert Member in WMO WWRP's Weather Modification

Lead of UAE Rain Enhancement Programme

Board Member of UAEA University

Academic Member & Partner in UAE Poly Technique for Meteorology

Member of the National Crisis and Emergency Management Committee

Dr Al Mandous began his four-year term Presidency immediately after the closure the Nineteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-19) in May 2023.


















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Statement
22 June 2026

Opening remarks on the occasion of 80th session of the WMO Executive Council










Statement
22 October 2025

Opening remarks by the WMO President at the Interactive Dialogue with the UN Secretary-General at the World Meteorological Congress










Statement
19 June 2025

Statement by Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, President of WMO, on the occasion of awarding the IMO Prize to Prof. Dr. Gerhard Adrian










Statement
16 June 2025

Statement by Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, President of WMO, on the occasion of the WMO Executive Council Seventy-Ninth Session (EC-79)










Statement
21 March 2025

Statement by Dr. Abdulla Al Mandous, President of WMO, on the occasion of World Meteorological Day 2025










Statement
30 July 2024

Opening address to the 61st session of IPCC




























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