2019 in the United Arab Emirates
Events in the year 2019 in the United Arab Emirates.
Incumbents
President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al NahyanPrime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumEvents
- January 5 – 2019 AFC Asian Cup begins in the UAE.
- February 3 – Pope Francis makes a historic trip to Abu Dhabi. He, alongside Ahmed al-Tayeb, sign the Document on Human Fraternity.
- 14 March – 2019 Special Olympics World Summer Games begins in Abu Dhabi.
- 12 May – Four commercial ships were sabotaged off Fujairah's coast in the Gulf of Oman by a most likely "state actor", according to investigation.
- 5 October – 2019 Emirati parliamentary election for the Federal National Council starts.
- 25 September – Hazza Al Mansouri launch aboard the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft to the International Space Station, becoming the first Emirati najmonaut.
Deaths
- 4 May – Alia Abdulnoor, an Emirati convict incarcerated for terrorism financing for Al Qaeda, dies of breast cancer following pleas from human rights activists to release her.