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2010 Bahraini Parliamentary Election
General elections were held in Bahrain in October 2010 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was held on 23 October, with a second round on 30 October. Amidst boycotts and arrests, Al Wefaq won 18 of the 40 seats. Four women were elected. Campaign The main opposition party Haq Movement and several other opposition parties such as the Al-Wafa Islamic Movement, Bahrain Freedom Movement, Khalas Movement and Islamic Action Society called for a boycott of the elections, on the grounds that participation would be "tantamount to accepting the unjust sectarian apartheid system." There were also further arrests and repressions of the Shia majority. Shia political activists and international human rights watchdogs warned of a "drift back to full-blown authoritarianism." However, Foreign Minister Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmad al-Khalifa claimed the arrests were "not linked to elections." Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the Project ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 Bahraini General Election
General elections were held in Bahrain in November and December 2006 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain), Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was held on 25 November, with a second round on 2 December 2006. Voter turnout was 72% in the first round, in which Shi'a and Sunni Islamists dominated, winning a clean sweep of the 29 seats that were decided in the first round, while Economists Bloc, liberal and Democratic Progressive Tribune - Bahrain, ex-communist MPs lost all their seats. Four candidates of the left-wing National Democratic Action (also known as Wa'ad) made it through to second round run-off, which decided the remaining 11 seats. The elections were preceded by a major political realignment that saw the four opposition parties that boycotted the 2002 Bahraini general election, 2002 elections agree to take part in the political process. These included the Shia Islamist party, Al Wefaq, the radical Shia Islamist Islamic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project On Middle East Democracy
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Lateefa Al Gaood
Lateefa Al Gaood ( Arabic: لطيفه القعود) 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. She was also the first woman in the Persian Gulf region to win in a legislative general election. She represents the sixth constituency of the Southern Governorate. Due to her previous electoral failure she stood for a different constituency in 2006 to increase her chances of getting elected. She is currently the only female member of the Council of Representatives. She graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1996. She also holds diplomas from Helwan University in Egypt as well as the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration in Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jassim Al Saeedi
Jassim Al Saeedi is a Bahraini salafist MP, member of parliament representing a constituency in Riffa, Bahrain. 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. He is often referred to as Bahrain's "most extreme extremist" due to his making statements such as, "O Allah curse the Jews, Christians and the Shi'a and show me in them a black day." Other campaigns of his include proposals to gender-segregate every aspect of Bahraini society, introduce Sharia Law, and replace on the grounds that it is "unIslamic" the ancient Dilmun Burial Mounds with luxury villas. In 2003 he was forced to apologise to parliament after he tried to ban Shia Bahrainis from holding Husseini commemorations, which traditionally take place in the streets. In February 2006, Al Saeedi called for the removal of banners placed around Bahrain by the Shia Islamic Enlightenment Society, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Governorate
The Southern Governorate () has the largest area of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of Bahrain's old municipalities – Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Ar Rifa' wa al Mintaqah al Janubiyah, and Juzur Hawar (the Hawar Islands). It has the second smallest population of the governorates on Bahrain after Al Muharraq. The Governor of the Southern Governorate is Shaikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Khalifa (born 1993), the grandson of former Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and the son of Shaikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the deputy prime minister. Regions * Riffa * Ma'ameer * Awali * Askar *Jaww * Al Dur * Zallaq *Hawar Islands The Hawar Islands (; transliterated: ''Juzur Ḥawār'') are an archipelago of desert islands; all but one are owned by Bahrain, while the southern, small, and uninhabited Jinan Island (Arabic: جزيرة جينان; transliterated: ''Jazirat Ji ... * Khalifa City * Sakhir * Durrat Al Bahrain References Governorate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalifa Al Dhahrani
Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Dhahrani (; born 1942) is a Bahraini politician, who served as Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain. Early life Khalifa Al Dhahrani was born in the town of Riffa, in central Bahrain, in 1942. He graduated from Bahrain Petroleum Company's Institute of Training and Occupational Development. Prior to his political career, he was a prominent businessman in the Bahraini community. Political career Al Dhahrani's political career began when he ran for and was elected as a member of Bahrain's first National Assembly in 1973. At age 31, he ran in the 20th constituency, at the time encompassing Riffa, Jaww, Askar and Zallaq. He served as MP until 1975, when the emir of Bahrain Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa dissolved parliament. Al Dhahrani was later appointed to the Shura Council in 1992 and served there until 2002. He was one of the architects who drew up the National Action Charter of Bahrain in 2001, which led to the end of political unrest that p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Governorate (Bahrain)
The Central Governorate () was one of the five governorates of Bahrain until September 2014. It included parts of the former municipalities of Jid Ali, Madinat 'Isa, Sitrah and A'ali A'ali () is a major town in northern Bahrain. It is a part of the Northern Governorate, although from 2001 to 2014 it lay within the Central Governorate (Bahrain), Central Governorate. A'ali is famous for its Dilmun Burial Mounds, ancient burial .... References Governorates of Bahrain {{Bahrain-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jawad Fairooz
Jawad Fairooz () is a human rights defender and former Bahraini Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain), rendered stateless in 2011. Whilst in exile in the United Kingdom, Fairooz became the chairman of Salam for Democracy and Human Rights (Salam DHR). He founded Salam for Democracy and Human Rights in 2015. Work as a member of parliament Fairooz was first elected as a member of parliament for the Northern Governorate in the 2006 Bahraini general election, and re-elected in 2010, as a member of the Al Wefaq political party. During his time as an MP, Fairooz was chairman of the Public Utilities & Environmental Committee. He served as a member of parliament until the withdrawal of the Al Wefaq parliamentary bloc in 2011. Statelessness and Exile in the UK Following the 2011 Bahraini uprising and the withdrawal of the Al Wefaq parliamentary bloc in 2011, Fairooz was detained on 2 May alongside Matar Matar Matar Ebrahim Ali Matar (also spelled Mattar Mattar; ; born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Governorate
The Northern Governorate () is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah al Shamaliyah, Jidd Haffs and Madinat Hamad. Settlements in the Northern Governorate *A'ali * Abu Saiba * Al Hajar * Al Lawzi * Al Markh * Al Qadam * Al Qala * Al Safiria *Bani Jamra * Barbar * Budaiya * Buquwa * Buri * Dar Kulaib *Diraz * Dumistan * Hamad Town * Hamala * Hillat Abdul Saleh * Jablat Habshi * Janabiya * Jannusan * Jasra * Jid Al-Haj * Jidda Island * Karrana * Karzakan * Malikiya * Meqsha * Muqaba * North Sehla * Northern City * Nurana Islands * Qurayya *Saar * Sadad * Salmabad * Shahrakan * Shakhura * Umm an Nasan * Umm as Sabaan * Zayed City Education The Japanese School in Bahrain is located in Sar in the governorate. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adel Mouwda
Sheikh 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. Sheikh Al Mouwda is considered the leading spokesman for political Islam in Bahrain and is known for his forthright views, which has seen him often quoted in the international press. In March 2011, Mouwda was expelled from the Asalah bloc for boycotting an extraordinary meeting of parliament voting on Al Wefaq's en-masse resignation. Political positions Sheikh AlMouwda's political identity aligns more closely with religious conservatism, as a Salafist Politician and graudate of Islamic Studies and is prominet for his support of national intrests, through a religious framework. One of these notable occurences, was his vocal opposition to Iranian influence in Bahrain during the 2011 Bahraini Uprising and his full support of the Bahraini Monarchy. His views ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muharraq Governorate
The Muharraq Governorate () is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It is now co-extensive with the municipality of Al Muharraq and with Muharraq Island together with outlying islets. It includes the former municipality of Al Hadd at the southern end of that island. The centre of Muharraq contains some of the oldest residential properties in the Kingdom, many of which have been rented out by their Bahraini owners to expatriate workers. There are also many buildings of historic interest in the town's crowded lanes, including the Shaikh Isa bin Ali House, Siyadi House, the wind towers, the infamous Falcon Statue and the neighbourhood of journalist Abdullah Al Zayed House, as well as the impressive Arad Fort. The government has been accused on not putting enough money into the restoration of these historic sites to turn them into tourist attractions. The head of Salafist Asalah party, Ghanim Al Buaneen, responded to news that the government was to invest BD5 million into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Capital Governorate (Bahrain)
The Capital Governorate () is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. The governorate includes Manama, the capital of Bahrain. It is the most populous administrative region in the country, with a population of over half million people in 2020. Formation The Capital Governorate was formed by royal decree on 3 July 2002. The present governorate incorporates the municipalities of Al Manamah, Jid Ali, Ras Rumman and parts of Jidd Haffs. Demographics According to a census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ... conducted in 2010, there are 329,510 people living in the Capital Governorate, which is the highest of the four governorates; 261,921 non-Bahraini citizens and 67,589 Bahraini nationals. The vast majority of housing in the Capital Governorate are flats, with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
