Ali Al-Hajri is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly

National Assembly of Kuwait

The National Assembly of Kuwait, known as the Majlis Al-Umma , is the legislature of Kuwait. The current speaker of the Assembly is Jassem Al-Kharafi. The Emir unconstitutionally dissolved the National Assembly in 1986 and restored it after the Gulf War in 1992...

, representing the fifth district

Kuwait's Fifth District

Kuwait's fifth district is the country's largest electoral district in terms of the number of voters and number of residential areas. It consists of 20 residential areas including Fahaheel, Ahmadi, Sabahiya, Rigga and the district extends down south to Wafra and Al-Zour on the border with Saudi...

. Born in 1962, Al-Hajri studied literature and worked in the Kuwait Municipality before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003. He is considered an Independent deputy and is on good terms with the royal family. He is a member of the Al-Hawajir

Al-Hawajir

The Hawajir are an influential tribe in Kuwaiti politics, with 4,734 voters in the fifty district.However, only one of the fifty elected parliamentarians in the Kuwait National Assembly belongs to the Hawajir tribe: Ali Al-Hajri....

 tribe.

Runner-Up for Secretary of the Parliament

On June 1, Roudhan Al-Roudhan

Roudhan Al-Roudhan

Roudhan Al-Roudhan is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the third district. Born in 1965, Al-Roudhan worked in the Municipal Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008...

was elected the National Assembly's secretary, after a draw between him and Al-Hajri.
Two rounds of voting had taken place in which neither succeeded in receiving the required percentage of votes. Al-Roudhan got 32 against 31 for Al-Hajri in the first round, and they tied with 32 votes each in the second round.

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