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In 2006, Qasimi co-founded an
Emirati-owned law firm and was the chairman of that firm until 2013. In March 2013, he co-founded another law firm, Qasimi Law Partners (d/b/a QLP MENA), and is the chairman of the firm. He is also the chairman of the Emirates Golf Federation and Arab Golf Federation.
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and consul-general in Geneva from 1977 to 1980. He served as the UAE's permanent representative at the United
Nations in New York City from 1980 to 1984. During the same period he was also non-resident ambassador of the UAE to Canada.
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in the post. During his term, Qasimi supported the idea that the dispute over the islands in the Gulf should be settled through intervention of neutral third parties or of the international agencies like the
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Qasimi was appointed minister of economy and commerce of the UAE in March 1997. He replaced Said
Ghobash in the post. Qasimi's tenure ended in November 2004 when he was replaced by his cousin
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for companies doing business in the United Arab
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Qasimi began his career in the 1970s as a legal consultant and
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in 1974 and a master's degree in international politics from
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624:"GCC agrees to bolster joint force"
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466:"Honorable Shaikh Fahim Al Qasimi"
407:The A to Z of the Gulf Arab States
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705:"New Cabinet Appointed"
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