Rahila Al Riyami Explained

Rahila Al Riyami
Office1:Member of the Consultative Assembly
Term1:2000–2007
Constituency1:Bawshar
Office2:Member of the Council of State
Term2:2007–

Rahila bint Amur Al Riyami (Arabic: رحيلة بنت عامر الريامي, died 5 February 2017) was an Omani politician. Along with Lujaina Mohsin Darwish, she was one of the first two Omani women to be directly elected to the Consultative Assembly in 2000.[1]

Biography

Al Riyami was a civil servant, serving as Director of Educational Planning at the Ministry of Education for 16 years.[1] In 2000 she was one of fifteen female candidates in the general elections that year. Running in Bawshar, she was one of two women elected. She was re-elected to the Assembly in 2003.[2] In 2007 she was appointed to the Council of State, serving as its head of Human Resources Development.[1] She died in 2017

Notes and References

  1. News: Omani woman who blazed a trail into the State Council passes away. Times of Oman. 6 February 2017. 6 February 2017.
  2. Web site: Oman elects two women to council. Al Jazeera. 6 February 2017. 15 October 2003.