Consultative Assembly of Qatar

Consultative Assembly of Qatar

مجلس الشورى القطري
Consultative Assembly of Qatar ; مجلس الشورى القطري
Type
Type	Unicameral
Leadership
Chairman	Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud ; since 14 November 2017
Seats	45 members
Meeting place
	Doha
Website
	https://www.shura.qa

The Consultative Assembly (Arabic: مجلس الشورى القطري‎, romanized: Majlis as-Shura; also known as the Shura Council) is the legislative body of the State of Qatar, with 45 members. Following the first Qatari legislative election, it will have 30 elected members and 15 appointed members.^[1]^[2]

Constitutional role[]

The Council was formed in April 1972 with 20 appointed members.^[3] In May 1972, the first consultative assembly meeting was held, during which Sayed Aziz bin Khalid Al Ghanim was elected as the assembly's first chairman. Aside from the 20 members who took part in the meeting, Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani and foreign dignitaries were also in attendance.^[4]

Qatar's constitution, approved in April 2003 by popular referendum, has created a legislative body to be two thirds elected by universal suffrage, and one third appointed by the Emir. According to the constitution, the legislature will have three powers: to approve (but not prepare) the national budget; to monitor the performance of ministers through no-confidence votes; and to draft, discuss, and vote on proposed legislation, which becomes law only with the vote of a two-thirds majority and the Emir's endorsement.^{[citation needed]}

Members[]

The current Chairman of the Consultative Assembly is Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmud.

Composition of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar
Members	Seats
Appointed members	45
Total	45

Speaker

Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Mahmud^[5]

Deputy speaker

Mohammed bin Abdulla al-Sulaiti

Rapporteurs^[5]

Hadi bin Saeed al-Khayarin
Rashid bin Hamad al-Meadadi

Members^[5]

Nasser bin Rashid al-Kaabi
Yousif bin Rashid al-Khater
Mohamed bin Khalid al-Maadeed
Ibrahim bin Khalifa al-Nasr
Nasser bin Sulaiman al-Hayder
Abdulla bin Khalid al-Mania
Nasser bin Khalil al-Jaida
Saqr bin Fahad al-Muraikhi
Nasser bin Ahmed al-Jehni
Ahmed bin Khalifa al-Rumaihi
Yousif bin Mohammed al-Obaidan
Ismail bin Mohammed bin Sharif al-Emadi
Abd ul-Rahman bin Yousuf al-Khulaifi
Yousef bin Ahmed al-Kawari
Abdulla bin Khalid al-Nuami
Mohamed bin Abd Ulla al-Abd al-Ghani
Dahlan bin Jaman al-Hamad
Hessa Sultan al-Jaber
Khalifa bin Ali al-Hetmi
Aisha Yousef al-Mannai
Abd ul-Aziz bin Mohammed al-Attiyyah
Nasser bin Salmaine al-Suwaidi
Mohammed bin Mahdi al-Ahbabi
Ali bin Abd Al-Latif al-Muhanadi
Nasser bin Sultan al-Hemaidi
Mubarak bin Saif al-Mansouri
Khalid bin Muhamed al-Kubaisi
Mohamed bin Mansour al-Shahwani
Khalid bin Abdulla al-Buainain
Mohammed bin Ali al-Henzab
Abdulla bin Fahad al-Marri
Abd al-Latif bin Mohammed al-Sada
Hind Abdul Rahman al-Muftah
Fahad bin Mohammed Buzwair
Saleh bin Abd Ulla al-Mannai
Mohamed bin Ali al-Maadid
Reem al-Mansoori

Chairmen[]

Name	Entered office	Left office	Notes
Abdul Aziz Bin Khalid Al-Ghanim	1 May 1972	8 December 1990	^[6]
	8 December 1990	27 March 1995	^[6]
Mohamed Bin Mubarak Al-Khulaifi	27 March 1995	14 November 2017	^[6]
Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud	14 November 2017	Present	^[7]^[8]

History[]

In 2006 it was announced that legislative elections would take place in 2007; according to a 1 April statement by then-First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, who later became Prime Minister of Qatar. That was postponed and an advisory committee was established to study the issue. The legislative council rescheduled the elections for June 2010.^[9] The election did not take place in 2010.

In November 2011, the Emir announced that the election would take place in 2013,^[1]^[2] but they were postponed prior to the retiring Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani transferring power to his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.^[10] The Consultative Assembly's term was extended until 2016.^[11]

In November 2017, Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani appointed four women to the 45-member council, marking the first time women have taken part in the council.^[12]

However, the elections were then postponed until 2019, with the prior term extended once again.^[13] In October 2019 the Emir issued an order for a committee to be formed to organise the elections, chaired by Prime Minister Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani.^[14] In November 2020, the Emir pledged to hold the elections in October 2021.^[15]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Qatar elections to be held in 2013 - Emir". BBC News. 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Agarwal, Hina (2011-11-09). "Qatar to hold elections in 2013". . Archived from the original on 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-01-07.
^ https://www.shura.qa/Pages/About%20Council/History
^ "The era of reform". New York: Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nation. 1973. p. 7.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Current Speaker and Members". The Shura Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Previous Speakers And Members". Shura of Qatar. 12 January 2019.
^ https://www.shura.qa/en/Pages/About-Council/President-and-Members/Members/HE-Mr-Ahmad-Bin-Abdulla-Bin-Zaid-AL-Mahmoud
^ "IPU PARLINE database: QATAR (Majlis Al-Shura), Full text".
^ Legislative Polls by June 2010 Archived September 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Gulf-Times. Nair, Arvind. December 1, 2009.
^ "Qatar emir hands power to son, no word on prime minister". Reuters. 2013-06-25.
^ Postponing democracy: Qatar’s modernization attempts fail without inclusive political institutions Archived 2015-04-20 at the Wayback Machine An-Nahar, 18 December 2014
^ "Qatar appoints four women to Shura Council". Al Jazeera. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2016-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Qatar takes step toward first Shura Council election: QNA agency Reuters, 31 October 2019
^ "قطر تعتزم إجراء أول انتخابات لمجلس الشورى في 2021". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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[BBC_Qatar_2013-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Qatar elections to be held in 2013 - Emir". BBC News. 2011-11-01. Archived from the original on 2012-01-06. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

[ArabGazette-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Agarwal, Hina (2011-11-09). "Qatar to hold elections in 2013". . Archived from the original on 2012-05-22. Retrieved 2012-01-07.

[3] ttps://www.shura.qa/Pages/About%20Council/History

[4] "The era of reform". New York: Permanent Mission of the State of Qatar to the United Nation. 1973. p. 7.

[shura-qa-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Current Speaker and Members". The Shura Council. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[shurahistory-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Previous Speakers And Members". Shura of Qatar. 12 January 2019.

[7] ttps://www.shura.qa/en/Pages/About-Council/President-and-Members/Members/HE-Mr-Ahmad-Bin-Abdulla-Bin-Zaid-AL-Mahmoud

[8] "IPU PARLINE database: QATAR (Majlis Al-Shura), Full text".

[9] Legislative Polls by June 2010 Archived September 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Gulf-Times. Nair, Arvind. December 1, 2009.

[10] "Qatar emir hands power to son, no word on prime minister". Reuters. 2013-06-25.

[11] Postponing democracy: Qatar’s modernization attempts fail without inclusive political institutions Archived 2015-04-20 at the Wayback Machine An-Nahar, 18 December 2014

[12] "Qatar appoints four women to Shura Council". Al Jazeera. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2018.

[13] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-22. Retrieved 2016-10-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[14] Qatar takes step toward first Shura Council election: QNA agency Reuters, 31 October 2019

[15] "قطر تعتزم إجراء أول انتخابات لمجلس الشورى في 2021". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-03-23.

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