Safa Al Hashem | |
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Born |
Kuwait |
5 September 1964
Residence | Kuwait, |
Citizenship | Kuwait |
Alma mater | Kuwait University, Pennsylvania State University |
Occupation | Businesswoman, Politician |
Website | www.safaalhashem.com |
Safa Al Hashem (born 1964), is a Liberal politician who is an elected Member of Parliament of the Kuwait Parliament. She is the only female member to be elected to the Kuwait parliament consecutively, after women re-gained the right to vote and stand for office in 2005.
Al Hashem obtained a degree in English literature from Kuwait University and completed here MBA from the Pennsylvania State University. She also has a post graduate executive education diploma from Harvard Business School. In 2011, she was awarded a Ph.D, Doctorate (Honoris causa) by the American University of Technology.
Before entering politics, Al Hashem worked for the government in the Ministry of Higher Education. She later worked in various private companies being associated with PIC, PWC and the KIPCO Group. Al Hashem then started Advantage Consulting in partnership with KIPCO and Gulf One Investment Bank, Bahrain.
Al Hashem first stood for elections for 3rd Constituency in 2012 and won. After this parliament was annulled, she stood again from the same constituency and won again. In the 2012 assembly, she served as the rapporteur of the Economic and Financial Affairs committee, and was a member of the Response to the Amiri Addrss and Foreign Affairs committees.