Aisha Al Roumi | |
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Member of the Federal National Council | |
In office 2007–2011 | |
Constituency | Sharjah |
Aisha Mohammad Khalfan Al Roumi ( Arabic: عائشة محمد خلفان الرومي) is an Emirati physician and politician. In 2007 she was one of the first group of women to enter the Federal National Council.
A qualified doctor, [1] Al Roumi worked as a paediatrician and became Director of Maternal Child Health for Sharjah in the Ministry of Health. [2] [3]
Following the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi. [4] [5] She became chair of the Pensions Committee and sat on the Health, Labour and Social Affairs Committee Committee. [6] [7]