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Ras Al Khaimah Municipality was established in 1959 by an Emiri decree issued by His Highness Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, may Allah have mercy on him, where the municipality since the first years of its inception has had to bear a great responsibility in accomplishing many of the tasks on behalf of different authorities in the emirate such as the Lands, ports and traffic departments, in addition to its work to ensure a clean environment free of contaminants and a decent life for members of the community that secure factors of health and safety, and in order to cope with the global developments and progress in the field of municipal work, the municipality in the mid-sixties had renewed the administrative structure of the department which includes a range of departments and divisions, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to it.
Based on the Municipal Law of Year 1981 and Resolution No. 5 of 2004 issued by His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi as Crown Prince and Deputy Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah - may God protect him - at the time, the new organizational structure of the Municipality Department was developed in order to keep pace with economic and urban, commercial and environmental developments in the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, and later the department's specialties were reviewed in light of the developments and the emergence of other departments in the emirate, and the strategy was established to include the department's vision, mission, values and strategic objectives, and was completed by adopting the new organizational structure. Moreover, in the framework of the keenness of Ras Al Khaimah Government on the application of latest practices in the provision of services and making them available to citizens in line with the development of work and needs inherent in the development and growth of the UAE, and under the wise leadership of His Highness Sheikh Saud Bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah - may God protect him -, all municipal departments were linked electronically in order to ensure the quality and speed of procedures by the use of the latest systems in the field of information technology.