Minister of State for Happiness and Wellbeing (Arabic: وزير الدولة للسعادة وجودة الحياة) is a Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates Cabinet, which oversees the UAE plans, programs and policies to achieve a happier society.
[1] The responsibility of this office is to "align and drive government policy to create social good and satisfaction.
Some of these are: In July 2016, the Minister of State for Happiness publicly announced the selection of 60 individuals, representing federal and local government entities, as the original cohort of the Chief Happiness and Positivity Program.
[17][18][19] To learn the knowledge and develop the skills necessary to realize the objectives of the Chief Happiness and Positivity Officer Program, the selected candidates attend the Greater Good Science Center of the University of California, Berkeley and the Oxford Mindfulness Centre[20] of the University of Oxford, two of several international partners enlisted by the UAE government to ensure the success of its Program.
[18] The Minister of State for Happiness in the UAE was not the first to be named that, there are a number of similar ministries in the world.