Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari

Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari is an Omani politician. In 1994, she and Taiba al-Mawali were indirectly elected to the Consultative Assembly, becoming the first women in the Parliament of Oman.

Shakour bint Mohammed al-Ghamari
Member of the Consultative Assembly
In office
1994–
ConstituencyMuscat

Biography

Al-Ghamari worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[1] and became head of the Omani Women's Association,[2]

In the 1994 elections, the members of the Consultative Assembly were selected by Sultan Qaboos and Sayyid Fahd from among candidates receiving the most votes from the public. The Assembly consisted of a mix of one-seat constituencies (in which the top two most voted-for candidates were put forward for selection) and two-seat constituencies (in which the four candidates with the most votes were selected from). Al-Ghamari was one of the top four candidates in Muscat and was selected alongside al-Mawali from Seeb.[3] Both women were re-elected in 1997.[4] Al-Ghamari was later appointed to the Council of State by Qaboos.[5]

References
  1. As the Conference Ends, What Now for Women? The New York Times, 2 July 1975
  2. Safety First launches Oman Daily Observer, 9 June 2012
  3. Calvin H Allen & W Lynn Rigsbee II (2014) Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996, Routledge, p56
  4. Women join Oman council The Independent, 25 November 1997
  5. Parliamentarian par excellence Oman Economic Review, October 2010
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