Fadhel Al Sawad
Fadhel Al Sawad | |
|---|---|
فاضل السواد | |
| Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain) | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Monarch | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
| Prime Minister | Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain |
| Parliamentary group | independent |
| Constituency | Eighth District of the Capital Governorate |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Fadel Abbas Ali Isa Al Sawad |
| Occupation | attorney |
Fadhel Abbas Ali Isa Al Sawad (Arabic: فاضل عباس علي عيسى السواد) is a Bahraini attorney and politician. He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018, representing the Eighth District of the Capital Governorate.[1]
Career
[edit]Al Sawad defended photojournalist Ahmed Humaidan in court from charges of attacking a police station during the Bahraini uprising of 2011, but Humaidan was convicted and sentenced to ten years of imprisonment.[2][3]
Council of Representatives
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In the 2018 Bahraini general election, Al Sawad ran to represent the Eighth District in the Capital Governorate in the Council of Representatives, the nation’s lower house of Parliament. He received 875 votes for 39.83% in the first round on November 24, necessitating a runoff on December 1, in which he defeated his opponent, Mohammed Ashour, with 1,085 votes for 62.94%.
References
[edit]- ^ "رئيس اللجنة العليا للإشراف على سلامة الانتخابات يعلن النتائج النهائية للانتخابات النيابية والبلدية لعام 2018م". Bahrain News Agency. December 2, 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ "تاييد الحكم بسجن المصور الصحفي البحريني أحمد حميدان". The New Arab. August 31, 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ ""المؤبد" لـ 13 بحرينياً أدينوا بمحاولة قتل رجلي شرطة". Annahar (Kuwait). February 14, 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
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