Saud Abdul Aziz Kanoo (, ) is a

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

i businessman and politician. He became a member of the

Shura Council In Arab culture, a Majlis-ash-Shura (; Shura Council in English) is an advisory council or consultative council. In Islamic context, the Majlis-ash-Shura is one of two ways that a khalifa (Islamic leader) may be selected, the other way being b ...

in 2002.

Career

Kanoo was born in

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on November 23, 1959. He received a

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in Civil Engineering from

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in 1980 and a

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with an Economics concentration from

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in 1984. At first he worked in the Ministry of Housing, but then he went into the private sector, working as a real estate developer at Yusuf Bin Ahmed Kanoo. He also served on boards for USS Real Estate Development Company, Nuetel Communications, and Saraya Contractors. Kanoo has been vice-president of Real Estate at YBA Kanoo as well as an administrator at Abdulrahman Kanoo International School. He was appointed to the Shura Council and served there from 2002 to 2010.

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