Ali bin Samikh Al Marri

Ali bin Saeed bin Samikh Al-Marri
Minister of Labour
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2021
Appointed byTamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Prime MinisterKhalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
Preceded byYousuf Mohamed Al Othman Fakhroo
Personal details
Born (1972-11-30) November 30, 1972 (age 51)
EducationPhD in Political Science (2006)
MA of Political Science (2002)
BA of Political Science (1997)

Ali bin Saeed bin Samikh Al-Marri (Arabic: علي بن سعيد بن صميخ المري)[1] is a Qatari human rights figure[2] and politician[3] born on November 30, 1972.[4] He was appointed Minister of Labour of the State of Qatar on October 19, 2021,[5] and was re-appointed Minister of Labor by an Amiri order in March 2023.[6] Before taking up the ministerial portfolio, he had chaired the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) for State of Qatar since 2009.[7] He also served as acting president and secretary-general of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions[8] and as president of the Arab Network of National Human Rights Institutions. In 2012 he was elected chairman of the Permanent Arab Committee on Human Rights of the Arab League[9] and chairman of the Asia Pacific Forum[10] for the session 2013 to 2015. He was re-elected as chairman of the NHRC of the State of Qatar in 2019.[11][12] In June 2023, Al-Marri was elected as president of the United Nation's annual International Labour Conference.[13][14][15]

  1. ^ "Minister's Message".
  2. ^ "NHRC – National Human Rights Committee". Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  3. ^ "Political System".
  4. ^ "علي بن صميخ المري.. الوجه الحقوقي الأبرز بالأزمة الخليجية". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  5. ^ "HH the Amir Issues Amiri Order Reshuffling Qatar Cabinet".
  6. ^ QNA/Doha (2023-03-07). "Amir appoints Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani as PM in Cabinet reshuffle". Gulf Times. Retrieved 2023-06-08.
  7. ^ "Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar". www.asianforum.uz. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
  8. ^ "The General Assembly of the Global Alliance of National Human rights Institutions selected Dr. Al Marri as the Vice President and Secretary General of the GANHRI The NHRC officially took up office in the GANHRI – NHRC".
  9. ^ "ACIHL - The League of Arab States and the Arab Charter on Human Rights". acihl.org. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  10. ^ "Towards a region where everyone enjoys human rights | Asia Pacific Forum". www.asiapacificforum.net. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  11. ^ "Al-Marri re-elected chairman of NHRC". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 2019-05-13. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Qatar minister elected to head UN labor conference following World Cup scrutiny". AP News. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  14. ^ "Qatar assumes presidency over International Labour Conference". Gulf Times. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-02-06.
  15. ^ "Make social justice a priority issue on the global agenda, says ILO Director-General". www.ilo.org. 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-02-06.