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The Consultative Council ("majlis al-shura") is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain. An upper house (Frequently known as a Senate) is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house. ...
The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002. ...
The Council comprises of forty members appointed directly by the King of Bahrain. The forty seats of the Consultative Council combined with the forty elected seats of the Council of Representatives form the National Assembly of Bahrain. All laws (except for "Royal decrees") have to be bassed by both chambers of the Assembly. The position of king of Bahrain was created in February 2002 when the then emir of Bahrain Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah gave himself the title of king. ...
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 National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002. ...
Supporters of the system refer to democracies such as the United Kingdom and Canada which operate the same bicameral model with an appointed upper chamber and an elected lower chamber. This allows technical expertise and minority communities a role within the legislative process: in Bahrain, a Bahraini Christian woman, Alees Samaan and a Bahraini Jewish man have been appointed. After there was widespread disappointment that no women were elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 2002's general election, four women were appointed to the Consultative Council. In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ...
Alees Samaan is the first woman to chair a parliament in the Middle East when in April 2005 chaired Bahrains upper house of parliament, the Consultative Council. ...
Critics state that the government has sought to use the Consultative Council to prevent Sunni Islamist MPs, who form the biggest parties in the lower chamber, dominating politics, pointing out that the Council has a Shia majority and liberals such as Al Meethaq are strongly represented. There are also ex-communists sitting in the chamber, including trade unionist, Faisal Falud. Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ...
Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ...
Shiʻa Islam (Arabic شيعى follower; English has traditionally used Shiite) makes up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%–35% of all Muslim. ...
A leading liberal political party in the Kingdom of Bahrain. ...
Faisal Hassan Falud is a member of Bahrain’s upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council, where he has come to prominence as a leading campaigner for human rights. ...
Alees Samann made history in the Arab world on 18 April 2004 when she became the first woman to chair a session of parliament in the region. The BBC reported: "Incidents of this kind in the Arab world are increasingly being seen as signs of a gradual change towards more open and democratic societies in the entire region."
Two members of the Consultative Council, both of them women, have been appointed to the cabinet: Dr Nada Haffadh became Bahrain's first woman cabinet minister in 2004 when she became Minister of Health; the second woman to be appointed to the cabinet, Social Affairs Minister Dr Fatima Baloushi, also previous served on the Council. Dr Nada Haffadh became Bahrains first female cabinet minister when she was appointed Minister of Health in 2004. ...
The chairman of the Consultative Council serves as the chairman of the joint National Assembly of Bahrain when it meets. The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002. ...
The term of the council is four years, and so far there has only one term since its creation in 2002.
See also
The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002. ...
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. ...
In government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. ...
Women’s political rights have been a cornerstone of the political reforms initiated by King Hamad with for the first time women being given the right to vote and stand as candidates in national elections after the constitution was amended in 2002. ...
External links - Website of the Consultative Council
- Constitution of Bahrain (2002):Part 1 The Consultative Council
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