Council of Representatives of Bahrain
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The Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab), sometimes translated as the "Chamber of Deputies", is the name given to the lower house
of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain
.
The body was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members elected by universal suffrage.
The forty seats of the Council of Representatives together with the forty royally-appointed seats of the Consultative Council
form the Bahraini National Assembly.
The current chairman of the Council is Khalifa Al Dhahrani
. The last elections for the Council were in October 2010.
Lower house
A lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
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The body was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members elected by universal suffrage.
The forty seats of the Council of Representatives together with the forty royally-appointed seats of the Consultative Council
Consultative Council of Bahrain
The Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....
form the Bahraini National Assembly.
The current chairman of the Council is Khalifa Al Dhahrani
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain, assigned the Speaker of the Council of Representatives Mr. Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dahrani to chair the National Dialogue because of the popularity and confidence he enjoys among all the political forces, in addition to his broad experience...
. The last elections for the Council were in October 2010.
Prominent MPs
- Speaker: Khalifa Al DhahraniKhalifa Al DhahraniHis Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa King of Bahrain, assigned the Speaker of the Council of Representatives Mr. Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dahrani to chair the National Dialogue because of the popularity and confidence he enjoys among all the political forces, in addition to his broad experience...
- First Deputy Speaker: Adel MouwdaAdel MouwdaSheikh Adel Al Mouwda was the second deputy chairman of Bahrain's parliament of 2002, the Chamber of Deputies, and the former leader of salafist party, Asalah...
- Ali MattarAli MattarAli Mohamed Mattar is a salafist Bahraini MP who represents Asalah in the Chamber of Deputies.Mattar is one of Asalah’s most active MPs, and is seen as carving out a niche for himself in parliamentary life with legislative proposals that have been described by supporters as ‘bold’...
- Jassim Al SaeediJassim Al SaeediJassim Al Saeedi is a Bahraini salafist MP, member of parliament representing a constituency in Riffa.After he was banned from standing in 2002's general election for the main Salafist party, Asalah, for being "too extreme", Al Saeedi stood and won the election as an independent...
- Lateefa Al GaoodLateefa Al GaoodLateefa Al Gaood is a Bahraini politician. In 2006, she became the first female candidate to be elected to the Council of Representatives of Bahrain. She won by default after the other two candidates in her constituency withdrew from the race in the middle of October before campaigning began...
(first female MP in the Gulf region)
See also
- Bahraini National Assembly
- Consultative Council of BahrainConsultative Council of BahrainThe Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....
- Bahrain election 2006 women candidatesBahrain election 2006 women candidatesWomen candidates of the 2006 Bahrain election, which took place on the November 25, 2006 were reported to have received numerous threats from Islamic salafist and other factions to prevent them taking part...
- List of Speakers of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain
External links
- Council of Representatives official website
- Key issues are "ignored by MPs", Gulf Daily News, 21 January 2006 covers attitudes among civil society groups to MPs' performance since 2002
- Constitution of Bahrain (2002):Part 2 The Chamber of Deputies