Ammar Al Bannai | |
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عمار البناي | |
Member of Council of Representatives | |
In office 2018–Present | |
Monarch | Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
Prime Minister | Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahman Bu Majeed |
Parliamentary group | Independent |
Constituency | 4th District, Capital Governorate |
Personal details | |
Born | Ammar Ahmed Ghuloom Al Bannai 1973 (age 50–51) Bahrain |
Occupation | journalist |
Ammar Ahmed Ghuloom Al Bannai ( Arabic: عمار أحمد غلوم البناي, 1973 (age 50–51)) is a Bahraini politician, journalist, and businessman of Iranian descent. [1] He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018, on behalf of the fourth district of the Capital Governorate. [2]
He has a journalism degree.
He began his career as a television presenter and worked at the Information Affairs Authority, formerly the Ministry of Information. He later went into other parts of the private sector.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Bahrain Journalists Association, [3] a member of the Bahraini-Omani Joint Business Council, [4] and a member of the Bahrain Sports for All Federation. [5]
He entered politics in 2014, running for the House of Representatives for the fourth district of the Capital Governorate. He lost in the first round, earning 649 votes for 15.59%, a sixth- and last-place finish.
In 2018, however, he ran for the same district, earning 2,068 votes (48.05%) in the first round November 24. He defeated Abdul Rahman Bu Majeed, the incumbent deputy since 2006, with a final result of 2,490 votes for 66.31%.