Abu Dhabi: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, will open tomorrow (Wednesday) the first regular term in the 16th legislative chapter of the Federal National Council (FNC) after the election of 20 members on October 3, and the appointment of a further 20 yesterday.
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan issued yesterday (Monday) a federal decree setting up the Federal National Council for its 16th legislative chapter
Shaikh Mohammad will give a speech on behalf of Shaikh Khalifa.
The session will be chaired by the eldest member of the council until a speaker is elected. The members then take the oath and deputy speakers and observers are elected.
Nine committees and an ad-hoc committee to respond to the President’s speech will then be elected.
The House will review a number of laws decreed while it was not in session, including the anti-hate speech law and the federal law establishing the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Authority.
Eight women were among 20 members appointed to the new Federal National Council (FNC) in UAE, the FNC announced yesterday (Monday).
Naema Abdullah Saeed Al Sharhan, from Ras Al Khaimah, made history as she won a seat in the FNC election 2015, one among 20 victorious candidates from across the country.
Naema became the third woman to be elected to the council with 1,004 votes.
Dr Amal Abdullah Juma Karam Al Qubaisi became the first woman to be elected to the council in 2006, while Shaikha Eisa Al Arri from Umm Al Quwain was the second woman to win a seat in the House in 2011.
The UAE leadership has expressed keenness to empower women to become real partners in the country’s overall development, topping the ranks as the best Arab country in women’s empowerment.
The FNC is one of the UAE’s five federal authorities, as established by the Constitution. Its first session was opened on December 2, 1972. The FNC’s official mandate is to provide for public debate of legislation. The FNC discusses proposals and plans of various federal ministries, entities and public institutions.
There are 40 members of the FNC, apportioned among the UAE’s seven emirates, with eight seats each for Abu Dhabi and Dubai, six seats each for Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah and four seats each for Ajman, Umm Al Quwain and Fujairah.
Since 2006, one-half of FNC members have been elected to serve four-year terms. The other half of the body comprises officials who have been appointed by the Ruler’s Court of the UAE’s seven emirates.
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Following are the names of the 40 members of the FNC
Names of the 20 appointed members announced on November 16
Abu Dhabi: Dr Amal Al Qubaisi, Noora Hilal Al Kaabi, Saeed Omair Yousuf Al Muhairi, Mattar Suhail Al Daheri.
Dubai: Ezzat Sulaiman Bin Sulaiman, Afra Rashid Al Basti, Majid Hamad Al Shamsi, Mohammad Ali Al Kamali.
Sharjah: Ahmad Mohammad Al Jarwan Al Shamsi, Dr Saeed Abdullah Al Mutawa, Aisha Salem Ahmad Bin Samnuh
Ras Al Khaimah: Abdul Aziz Abdullah Salem Al Za’abi, Dr Mohammad Abdullah Al Meherzi, Dr Nedal Mohammad Al Tunaiji.
Ajman: Shaikh Mohammad Bin Abdullah Bin Sultan Al Nuaimi, Saeed Bin Khalfan Al Kaabi.
Fujairah: Alia Sulaiman Mousa Al Reyaysa, Faisal Hareb Eisa Al Thabahi.
Umm Al Quwain: Aisha Rashid Sultan Al Ali, Ali Jasem Ahmad Al Ali
Names of members elected on October 3
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The following is the names of FNC members:
Abu Dhabi:
Khalifa Suhail Ali Rabee’ Al Mazroui
Mattar Hamad Mattar Omaira Al Shamsi
Saeed Saleh Mezar Saeed Al Rumaithi
Saleh Mubarak Musalam Othaith Al Ameri
Dubai:
Hamad Ahmad Al Rahoumi Al Muhairi
Marwan Ahmad Ali Khalifa Al Muhairi
Khalid Ali Ahmad Bin Zayed Al Falasi
Jamal Mohammad Mattar Musabeh Al Hai
Sharjah:
Jasem Abdullah Abdul Razzaq Al Naqbi
Salem Obaid Mohammad Obaid Al Hosan Al Shamsi
Mohammad Ali Saif Ali Al Katbi
RAK:
Salem Ali Ahmad Ali Al Shehi
Ahmad Yousuf Mohammad Darwish Al Nuaimi
Naema Abdullah Saeed Al Sharhan
Fujairah:
Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Al Yamahi
Ahmad Mohammad Mubarak Abdullah Al Hammoudi
Ajman:
Hamad Abdullah Al Gafli
Salem Abdullah Al Shamsi
UAQ:
Khalfan Abdullah Salem Humaid Bin Youkha Al Ali
Obaid Hassan Humaid Al Ali
