Council of Representatives (Bahrain)

Council of Representatives Majlis an-nuwab
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Assembly
Leadership
Speaker	Ahmed Bin Ibrahim Al-Mulla Since 14 December 2014
Secretary-General	Abdullah bin Khalaf Al Dosari Since 27 October 2014
Structure
Seats	40 members
Political groups	Al Asalah (2)      Al-Menbar (1)      Independents (37)
Elections
Voting system	Two-round system
Last election	22 November 2014
Meeting place
Manama
Website
www.nuwab.gov.bh

     Al Asalah (2)
     Al-Menbar (1)

The Council of Representatives (Majlis an-nuwab), sometimes translated as the "Chamber of Deputies", is the name given to the lower house of the Bahraini National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain.

The body was created by the 2002 Constitution of Bahrain. The Council comprises forty members elected by universal suffrage.

The forty seats of the Council of Representatives together with the forty royally-appointed seats of the Consultative Council form the Bahraini National Assembly.

The current chairman of the Council is Khalifa Al Dhahrani. The last elections for the Council were in October 2010.

In March 2012 the Council of Representatives of Bahrain voted to reject a Royal Decree issued by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for the first time since the Council’s establishment in 2002. The royal decree wanted to increase the government's share from 20 per cent to 50 per cent in the revenues of Tamkeen, the country’s labour fund. This was rejected by MPs from many parties, who refused to allow the government access to these funds.