Kuwait's First District
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Kuwait's first district comprises nineteen residential areas starting from Sharq and Dasma, passing through Salmiya and Rumeithiya and including Bayan, Meshrif and Hawally among others. It has a total of 66,641 voters of whom 36,571 are women and 30,070 are male. Rumeithiya, a predominantly Shiite area, has the largest number of voters with 15,284 followed by Bayan with 11,931 and Salwa with 10,349 voters.

According to unofficial estimates, half of the voters are Shiites. The remaining half includes around fifteen percent of tribes, a majority of whom belong to the Awazem. The rest are a mixture of urbanites, especially the major families of Kandari, Awadhi and Roumi. Politically, there is a good presence of Shiite and Sunni Islamic groups, including the Salaf and Muslim Brotherhood, as well as an important liberal presence.

The area is largely suburban and has developed as the commercial center for computer-related goods in Kuwait. Prior to the first Gulf War, it housed a large number of the Palestinian population, most of whom were expelled in 1992.

Areas in the First District

  • Bayan
    Bayan area
    Bayan is a residential area within the Hawalli Governorate of Kuwait, consisting of thirteen blocks, and situated approximately 15 kilometres away from the capital, Kuwait City. Its naming was inspired by the fact that it's an area of higher altitude in comparison to its surrounding Mishref, Salwa...

  • Bnied Al-Gar
    Bnied Al-Gar
    Bnied Al-Gar is a suburb of Kuwait City; it is located in Al Asimah Governorate in Kuwait covering an area of approximately 1,320,220 squared metres. The word "Gar" in Arabic means Tar, and so it was thus named due to the natural discharge of oils. Its population in 2008 was 30,808....

  • Hawalli
  • Mishref
    Mishref
    Mishref is a residential area in Kuwait within the Hawalli Governorate, South of Bayan and west of Salwa. It is located in Mishref District.Mishref is divided into two main districts: Mishref, and West Mishref.MISHREF: Is home to:...

  • Rumaithiya
    Rumaithiya
    Al Rumaithiya is part of the Hawalli Governorate in the country of Kuwait. It is a large, mainly residential, suburb....

  • Salmiya
    Salmiya
    Salmiya is a district of the Hawalli Governorate in the State of Kuwait.Salmiya is located southeast of Kuwait City and is one of the largest areas in Kuwait consisting of both commercial and residential areas...

  • Salwa
    Salwa
    Salwa is a suburb of the, Hawalli Governorate in Kuwait, bordering Rumaithiya to the north and Messila to the south. To the east , it overlooks the Persian Gulf...

  • Sharq
    Sharq
    Sharq or Sharqi is short form of Mashriq meaning East. It may refer to:* Mashriq, , referring to the region of Arabic-speaking countries to the east of Egypt...


National Assembly Representatives of the First District

District Name Affiliation Religion Prior Experience Education Assumed Office Born In Tribe
1 Abdullah Al-Roumi
Abdullah Al-Roumi
Abdullah Al-Roumi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from the first district. Born in 1949, Al-Roumi worked as a lawyer before being elected to the National Assembly in 1985. Al-Roumi is considered an independent, liberal-leaning member...

 
Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 (Liberal-leaning)
Sunni Lawyer Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 
1985 1949
1 Abdulwahed AlـAwadi  Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 
Sunni Kuwait Air Force
Kuwait Air Force
The Kuwait Air Force is the air arm of the State of Kuwait. The Air Force headquarters is located at Al Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defence Brigade, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base...

 
Aviation, US Marine Academy 2003 1955
1 Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad
Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad
Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1950, Abdulsamad studied political science and worked in the Oil Ministry before being elected to the National Assembly in 1981...

 
National Islamic Alliance
National Islamic Alliance (Kuwait)
The National Islamic Alliance is a hard-line Shia political party in Kuwait. It is alleged to have links with Iran and Hezbollah which it denies. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, two belong to the National Islamic Alliance: Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad and Ahmed Lari....

 
Shia Oil Ministry Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 
1981 1950
1 Ahmed Lari
Ahmed Lari
Ahmed Lari is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1955, Lari studied Statistics and worked in the Municipal Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 2006. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Lari is a member of...

 
National Islamic Alliance
National Islamic Alliance (Kuwait)
The National Islamic Alliance is a hard-line Shia political party in Kuwait. It is alleged to have links with Iran and Hezbollah which it denies. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, two belong to the National Islamic Alliance: Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad and Ahmed Lari....

 
Shia Municipal Council Statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

 
2006 1955
1 Hassan Jawhar
Hassan Jawhar
Hassan Jawhar is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district.Dr. Jawar obtained at PhD in political science from Florida State University and worked as a professor at Kuwait University before being elected to the National Assembly in 1996...

 
Shia (Unaffiliated) Shia Professor at Kuwait University
Kuwait University
Kuwait University was established in October 1966, five years after Kuwait's independence from British Colonization. KU started with only two faculties, namely the Faculty of Science, Arts and Education; and a Women's College. The university had 418 students enrolled and 31 faculty members. By ,...

 
PhD in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 
1996 1960
1 Hussein AlـQallaf Al-Bahraini  Shia (Unaffiliated) Shia Sharia
Sharia
Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...

 
1996 1958
1 Hussein Nasser Al-Huraiti  Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 (close to government)
Sunni Judge, Lawyer Law
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...

 
2006 1962 Al-Awazem
Al-Awazem
Tribe Alawazmal-awazem is a large Sunni tribe of the Arabian Peninsula.The Awazem is an influential tribe in Kuwaiti politics. The tribe has an especially strong base in the first electoral district , where it forms about 14% of the voters, and the fifth electoral district , where it accounts for...

1 Mikhled Al-Azmi
Mikhled Al-Azmi
Mikhled Al-Azmi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1961, Al-Azmi studied geography and worked in the Municipal Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 1996. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Azmi...

 
Islamist (Salafi
Salafi
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)
Sunni Municipal Council Geography
Geography
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1996 1961 Al-Awazem
Al-Awazem
Tribe Alawazmal-awazem is a large Sunni tribe of the Arabian Peninsula.The Awazem is an influential tribe in Kuwaiti politics. The tribe has an especially strong base in the first electoral district , where it forms about 14% of the voters, and the fifth electoral district , where it accounts for...

1 Mohammed Al-Kandari
Mohammed Al-Kandari
Mohammed Al-Kandari is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1971, Al-Kandari studied medicine before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Kandari affiliates with the Islamic...

 
Islamic Salafi Alliance
Islamic Salafi Alliance (Kuwait)
The Islamic Salafi Alliance is a Sunni political party in Kuwait headed by Khaled AlـSultan Bin Essa. An affiliate of the Heritage Revival Society, the Alliance opposes women's empowerment. One of the main objectives of the Islamic Salafi Alliance is to enforce Sharia law in the country. It...

 
Sunni Medicine
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....

 
2008 1971 Al-Kandari
1 Saleh Ashour
Saleh Ashour
Saleh Ashour is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1952, Ashour studied economics and served in the Kuwaiti Air Force before being elected to the National Assembly in 1999...

 
Justice and Peace Alliance
Justice and Peace Alliance (Kuwait)
The Justice and Peace Alliance is a moderate Shia political bloc in Kuwait. Of the fifty elected members of Kuwait National Assembly, only one belongs to the Justice and Peace Alliance: Saleh Ashour....

 
Shia Kuwait Air Force
Kuwait Air Force
The Kuwait Air Force is the air arm of the State of Kuwait. The Air Force headquarters is located at Al Mubarak Air Base, with the remaining forces stationed at Air Defence Brigade, Ali Al Salem Air Base and Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base...

 
Economics
Economics
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1999 1952
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