Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi 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 fourth district. Born in 1941, Al-Mutairi studied management and worked in the Ministry of Education before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. Al-Mutairi is an Independent deputy and 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...

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Supported Guaranteeing Bank Deposits

On October 28, 2008, the parliament voted 50-7 to insure all types of deposits in all local banks within Kuwait. Al-Mutairi supported the bill, arguing that its passage would assuage people's fear of losing their deposits and rebuild their trust in Kuwait's economy during the financial crisis.