Abdul Nabi Salman Explained

Abdul Nabi Salman
Native Name:عبد النبي سلمان
Office:Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain)
Constituency:Second District of the Central Governorate
Primeminister:Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Birth Name:Abdul Nabi Salman Ahmed Nasser
Birth Place:A%27ali, Bahrain
Occupation:trade unionist
Termend:2006
Termstart:2002
Constituency1:Sixth District of the Northern Governorate
Monarch1:Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Office1:Member of the Council of Representatives
Primeminister1:Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Predecessor1:Ruaa Al Hayiki
Termstart1:2018

Abdul Nabi Salman Ahmed Nasser (Arabic: عبد النبي سلمان أحمد ناصر, born in 1960 in A%27ali) is a Bahraini politician. He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018 to represent the Sixth District of the Northern Governorate.[1]

Biography

Salman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics from Bangalore University in 1981. He obtained a diploma in Sales and Marketing Development in 1989, a Higher Diploma in Management and Marketing in 1996, and specialized courses in public relations, promotion, and advertising.

As the head of the Press and Publications Department at Gulf Air, he founded the airline’s union. He belongs to the Bahrain Economists Society and the Bahrain Transparency Society.[2]

In 2012, he was elected Secretary-General of the left-wing Progressive Democratic Tribune (Al-Minbar) party, succeeding Dr. Hassan Madan.[3]

Political career

Salman decided to run for the Council of Representatives in the 2002 Bahraini general election, in which he ran to represent the Second District of the Central Governorate for Al-Minbar. He won 632 votes for 22.28% in the first round, necessitating a runoff in which he won 1,327 votes for 54.93%, defeating Muhammad Al Asfour.

In the 2006 Bahraini general election for the same district, Salman lost reelection in the first round with 2,396 votes for 27.81% to Abdullah Al-A’ali of the Shiite Al Wefaq party.

In the 2018 Bahraini general election, he ran instead for the Sixth District of the Northern Governorate, winning 2,662 votes for 56.20% of the vote in the first round. Salman was elected First Deputy Speaker of Parliament in a 24-16 vote over Ahmed Al-Salloum. Ghazi Al Rahma and Fadhel Al Sawad had been eliminated in the first round.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: رئيس اللجنة العليا للإشراف على سلامة الانتخابات يعلن النتائج النهائية للانتخابات النيابية والبلدية لعام 2018م . 12 February 2021 . . December 2, 2018.
  2. News: عبدالنبي سلمان . 12 February 2021 . . June 9, 2018.
  3. News: عبدالنبي سلمان أميناً عاماً لـ"التقدمي" خلفاً لحسن مدن . 12 February 2021 . . May 12, 2017.
  4. News: عبدالنبي سلمان يفوز بمنصب النائب الأوّل لرئيس مجلس النواب . 12 February 2021 . . December 12, 2018.