Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi ( ar, محمد عيسى العباسي) is a Bahraini politician and journalist. He was sworn into the

Council of Representatives 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 national legislative body of Bahrain. The council was created ...

on December 12, 2018.

Education

Al Abassi graduated from Ahlia University.

2011 protests

During the Bahraini uprising of 2011, as a broadcaster on the TV channel of the

Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation (BRTC) is a public broadcaster in Bahrain with headquarters in Manama. The BRTC is owned by the government of Bahrain, and under the control of the Information Affairs Authority. History BRTC was set up i ...

, Al Abassi took a firmly royalist stance which led to heavy opposition criticism. In 2013, he was suspended in a climate of increased rapprochement between the opposition and the House of Khalifa.

House of Representatives

Al Abassi entered politics by running in the

2018 Bahraini general election General elections were held in Bahrain in November and December 2018 to elect the 40 members of the Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was on Saturday, 24 November, with a second round in 31 constituencies on Saturday, 1 Decemb ...

for the third constituency of the Muharraq Governorate in the national House of Representatives. He won 2,217 votes for 38.54% in the first round on November 24, necessitating a second round on December 1, in which he defeated Mohammed Al Alawi with 3,096 votes for 58.64%.

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