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Zainab Abdul Amir

زينب عبد الأمير

Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain)
In office
2018–2022
Monarch| Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime Minister| Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Preceded by| Osama Al-Khaja
Constituency| 7th District, Capital Governorate
Personal details
Born|

Zainab Abdul Amir Khalil Ibrahim

Political party| Independent
Occupation| Journalist

Zainab Abdul Amir Khalil Ibrahim (Arabic: زينب عبد الأمير) is a Bahraini politician and journalist.[1] On December 12, 2018, she was sworn in as a member of the Council of Representatives for the seventh district of the Capital Governorate.[2]

## Contents

* 1 Education
* 2 Career
* 3 House of Representatives
* 4 References

## Education[edit]

She holds a Master of Arts from Ahlia University, earned with a thesis on assessing press freedom after the National Action Charter of Bahrain.[3][4]

## Career[edit]

Abdul Amir worked as a Senior Media Specialist in the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Works.[5][6] She also worked as a journalist for the newspaper, Al Ayam.

## House of Representatives[edit]

She entered politics in the 2014 Bahraini general election, running for the seventh district seat in the Capital Governorate and earning 1092 votes for 16.97% in the first round. She lost the second round to Osama Al-Khaja, earning 1373 votes for 39.60%.

She ran again in the same constituency in the 2018 Bahraini general election, followed by international media. Representatives of Agence France-Presse, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, and Alhurra attended the opening of her election headquarters.[7] In the first round, on November 24, 2018, she won 2,945 votes, enough for 49.20%, just barely requiring a second round on December 1. She defeated Afaf al-Mousawi by winning 3,092 votes for 65.29% in the runoff, the first time in Bahrain that two women competed in final contest.[8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "المردي مرشحا وحيدا لرئاسة "الصحفيين"". Arabian Business Community. May 1, 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
2. ^ "رئيس اللجنة العليا للإشراف على سلامة الانتخابات يعلن النتائج النهائية للانتخابات النيابية والبلدية لعام 2018م". Bahrain News Agency. December 2, 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
3. ^ "وزير الأشغال يستقبل عدداً من منتسبي الوزارة بمناسبة حصولهم على درجة الماجستير". Ministry of Works. March 6, 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
4. ^ "الجامعة الأهلية تهنئ خريجيها بمناسبة فوزهم في الانتخابات". Ahlia University. December 6, 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
5. ^ "موفد "البلاد": أخصائية الاعلام بوزارة الأشغال زينب عبدالأمير تطيح بالتربوية عفاف الموسوي". Al Bilad. December 2, 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
6. ^ "الأشغال تكرم أربع موظفين فائزين في المسابقة الرمضانية". Ministry of Works. July 23, 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
7. ^ Abdullah, Asma (November 27, 2018). "تجربة المترشحة زينب عبدالأمير تخطف أنظار الإعلام الدولي". Al-Watan. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
8. ^ Abdullah, Asma (November 28, 2018). "زينب عبدالأمير: وصول امرأتين للجولة الثانية يؤكد وعي الشعب البحريني". Al Watan (Bahrain). Retrieved 21 December 2020.