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Abdullah Khalifa al-Marri (Arabic: عبد الله خليفة المري; born 14 August 1965) is a lieutenant general who is the current chief of Dubai Police, having served since 1 March 2017.
Al-Marri is also a member of the Executive Council of the Government of Dubai.[1]
Al-Marri was born in 1965. He obtained a bachelor's degree in sociology from United Arab Emirates University in 1991.[2] He then joined the Dubai Police Force in 1992, where he went on to obtain a diploma in Police Science in the same year from the Dubai Police Academy.[3][4]
Al-Marri joined Dubai police in 1992. In 2004, he became the Director of the police's VIP security department.[5] In 2014, he became deputy director of Protective Security and Emergency Department in Dubai Police.[3]
On 1 March 2017, al-Marri, who was then a Major General, became the 7th Commander-in-Chief of the Dubai Police Force.[6][7][5]
In March 2020, al-Marri was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General.[8][9][10]