Mubarak Al-Mutairi is a former 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...

. Born in 1959, Al-Mutairi studied political science at Kuwait University

Kuwait University

Kuwait University was established in October 1966, five years after Kuwait's independence from British Colonization. KU started with only two faculties, namely the Faculty of Science, Arts and Education; and a Women's College. The university had 418 students enrolled and 31 faculty members. By ,...

 and worked as a diplomat before being elected to the National Assembly to represent the fourth district

Kuwait's Fourth District

Kuwait's fourth district consists of 18 large residential areas extending from Farwaniya to Jahra. Other major residential areas include Ardhiya, Sabah Al-Nasser, Firdous, Omariya, Rabiya, Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Andalus...

 in 2008. However, on September 22, 2008, following a vote recount, the constitutional court repealed Al-Mutairi's seat and gave it to Askar Al-Enezi

Askar Al-Enezi

Askar Al-Enezi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the fourth district. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2008. The tenth representative from the fifth district was originally Mubarak Al-Mutairi. However, on September 22, 2008, following a vote recount, the...

. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Mutairi affiliated with the Popular Action Bloc

Popular Action Bloc (Kuwait)

The Popular Action Bloc is a political bloc in Kuwait headed by veteran former Speaker Ahmed Al-Sadoun. The group focuses on populist issues like housing and salary raise, and reform...

. He is a member of the Al-Mutairi

Al-Mutairi

The Al-Mutairi is a powerful tribe in Kuwaiti politics. It has its strongest base in the fourth district and fifth electoral districts, with an estimated 16,000 to 17,000 voters. Of the current fifty elected members of the Kuwait National Assembly, six belong to the Al-Mutairi tribe...

tribe.