Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has issued federal decree number 56 of year 2008, setting up the board of Central Bank of the UAE.

The decree named Khalil Mohammad Sharif Fowlazi as a board chairman.

The board membership, whose term is four years, includes Dr Omar Mohammad Sulaiman as deputy board chairman and Sultan Nasser Al Suwaidi as a governor of Central Bank of the UAE.

It also includes Younis Hajji Khoori, Mubarak Rashid Al Mansouri, Hilal Khalfan Bin Dhahir Al Muhairi and Khalid Mohammad Salem Belami as members.