Omran Sharaf
Omran Sharaf is an Emirati engineer and government official currently serving as Assistant Foreign Minister for Advanced Science and Technology in the United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is best known as the project director of the Emirates Mars Mission, leading the development and operation of the Hope Probe, which reached Mars orbit in February 2021. He also serves as a board member of the UAE Space Agency and was appointed in June 2022 to chair the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.
“It's very important that trusted partners and strategic partners are included in the process — synchronized and we're applying similar standards in controlling such technologies, rather than having something that gets imposed.”
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