WUNRN
Bahrain
is a constitutional monarchy. The legislature is called the National
Assembly (Al-Majlis al-Watani). It consists of two houses, an Upper Chamber
appointed Consultative Council (Majlis al-Shura) and an elected Chamber of
Deputies (Majlis al-Nawab).
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BAHRAIN - FOUR WOMEN,
INCLUDING JEW & CHRISTIAN, APPOINTED TO BAHRAIN UPPER GOVERNMENT
CHAMBER
Khaleej Times - 26 November, 2010
King
Hamad of Bahrain on Thursday appointed a Jew and a Christian among four
women to the 40-member upper chamber, following a parliamentary election.
The king kept 30 members of the outgoing Shura, or consultative, council
including the speaker, Ali Saleh al-Saleh, according to a royal decree
published by BNA news agency.
Nancy Khadhori joined the chamber after a fellow Jew, Huda Nono, left the house
to take the role of Bahrain’s ambassador to the United States.
“I am very happy to receive the royal trust. I hope I will be up to the
responsibility,” said Khadhori, one of only 37 Bahraini Jews who originated
from Iraq.
Meanwhile, Hala Qarrisah entered the house as fellow Christian Alice Samaan,
who was deputy head of the council, exited the parliament.
Bahrain’s Christian community numbers around 1,000.
The Shia opposition emerged as the largest single bloc in Bahrain’s lower
chamber following the parliamentary election on October 23.
The Shura Council has the authority to over-rule parliamentary decisions in the
Shiite-majority archipelago which is ruled by a Sunni dynasty.