Fawzia Abdulla Yusuf Zainal | |
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فوزية عبدالله زينل | |
Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Bahrain | |
In office 12 December 2018 – 12 December 2022 | |
Monarch | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
Preceded by | Ahmed Al Mulla |
Succeeded by | Ahmed bin Salman Al-Musallam |
Personal details | |
Born | 1961 (age 62–63) |
Fawzia Abdulla Yusuf Zainal (born 1961[1]) is a Bahraini media and social activist and politician who has been Speaker of the Council of Representatives from 12 December 2018 to 12 December 2022. Zainal is the first woman to lead Bahrain's parliament, and the second woman to lead a Gulf-Arab parliament after UAE's Amal Al Qubaisi.[2]