Thoraya Obaid. (SPA)

Thoraya Obaid has become the first woman to be appointed as the head of the human rights committee at the Shoura Council. She was unanimously elected by the committee members.

Shoura member Saud Al-Shammari was quoted by local media as saying that the appointment of a woman as president of one of the Shoura Council committees is an excellent precedent in the history of the parliamentary body.

Nasser Al-Shahrani was appointed deputy president with 93 committee members voting in his favor.

The swift move comes after Shoura Council President Abdullah Al-Asheik, demanded that the rights panel and its associated regulatory bodies speed up the process of electing a new president and deputy president.

Al-Shammari said: “We agreed as members of the committee to recommend our colleague Thoraya Obaid as president for the upcoming period.”

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