Roudhan Al-Roudhan 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 third district

Kuwait's Third District

Kuwait's third district consists of 15 residential areas with a mixture of Islamist, liberal, tribal and Shiite voter base. It includes the Salafist base of Keifan, the Islamic Constitutional Movement stronghold of Rawdah, the relatively liberal areas of Udailiya and Khaldiya, the tribal area of...

. Born in 1965, Al-Roudhan worked in the Municipal Council before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. Al-Roudhan is considered to be a Conservative deputy.

Secretary of the Parliament

On June 1, Al-Roudhan was elected the National Assembly's secretary, after a draw between him and his opponent Ali Al-Hajri

Ali Al-Hajri

Ali Al-Hajri is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the fifth district. 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...

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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.