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Rahila Al Riyami

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Rahila Al Riyami
Member of the Consultative Assembly
In office
2000–2007
ConstituencyBawshar
Member of the Council of State
In office
2007–
Personal details
Died(2017-02-05)5 February 2017

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

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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

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Omani woman who blazed a trail into the State Council passes away". Times of Oman. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Oman elects two women to council". Al Jazeera. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 6 February 2017.