Rawiyah Al Samahi Explained

Office1:Member of the Federal National Council
Term1:2007–2011
Constituency1:Fujairah

Rawiyah Saif Sultan Saeed Al Samahi (Arabic: روية سيف سلطان سعيد السماحي) is an Emirati politician. In 2007 she was one of the first group of women to enter the Federal National Council.

Biography

After graduating, Al Samahi married and spent two years as a housewife. She then joined the public relations department of the Ministry of Health, and later worked for eleven years in the health education department.[1] She became chief executive of Fujairah Hospital in 1995, remaining in post until 2007.[2]

Following the 2006 parliamentary elections she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scXsVygH5L8 Pride of the Emirates: Mrs. Rowaya Saif Sultan Al-Samahi, Fujairah
  2. https://www.pressreader.com/uae/the-national-news/20081127/281509337036153 Politics retains a glass ceiling, say women
  3. https://www.uaew.ae/encyclopedia/attachments/2k2dm32g7i8JZTvIqhf1533447460.pdf Woman & The Parlament
  4. https://www.khaleejtimes.com/nation/general/fnc-house-takes-shape FNC House takes shape