The origin of Dubai
Municipality was founded in 1954 commencing its activities with a cadre of
seven employees undertaking simple tasks in cleaning the city.
The first decree
establishing the Municipality was on February 28, 1957, whereby 23 municipal
council members had been appointed from the elders of the country and traders
with limited powers, the most important of which was to take care of health and
architectural affairs of the city as well as to organize construction and
beautification of the city and provide constructive suggestions to the
government.
Dubai Municipality passed
a series of evolutionary stages through the years of its multiplied tasks,
including:
In the 1 974 His Highness
Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, God rest his soul, issued a decree
establishing the municipality, which nullified the former order to establish
the municipality and stated to establish the new Dubai Municipality having
independent characteristics, morals and powers within the entire emirate that
includes the Municipal Council and the administration body, which executes the
policy and directives and in accordance with the decree.
In 1980 a decree had been
issued establishing the Municipal Council appointing 32 members headed by His
Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of Dubai Municipality.
