The Committee supervising the election of the Board of Directors of the Qatar Chamber, in its seventh session 2023, announced the initial list of candidates for the seats of the Board of Directors of the Chamber. On accepting applications submitted by the following candidates:
For the insurance sector: His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim bin Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani. As for the banking sector: Rashid bin Nasser Saree Al Kaabi.
In the services sector: Ibtihaj Muhammad Ahmed Al-Ahmadani, and in the tourism sector: His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani.
As for the agricultural sector: Muhammad Ahmed Khalifa Al Tawar Al Kuwari.
And on the trade sector: Muhammad Mahdi Ajyan Al Ahbabi, Rashid Hamad Hazaa Hamad Al Athba, Muhammad Sultan Abdullah Al Ali, Dr. Tawar Al-Kuwari.
As for the contracting sector: Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad Ali Al-Obaidli, Nasser Suleiman Haidar Al-Haidar, Ahmed Muhammad Sultan Al-Jaber, Nasser Ahmed Al-Meer, Shaheen Muhammad Lahdan Al-Muhannadi, Ali Abdul-Latif Al-Misnad.
As for the industrial sector: Abdullah Muhammad Abdul Rahim Al Emadi, Abdul Rahman Abdullah Ibrahim Al Ansari, Fahd Muhammad Fahd Buzweer, Khaled Jabr Sultan Al Kuwari, Ali Hassan Ibrahim Al Emadi, Muhammad Talib Muhammad Al Khoury.
The Committee emphasized that, in accordance with the provisions of the regulations, a person whose candidacy application has been disqualified may appeal against the exclusion decision within three days from the date of his notification or knowledge of the exclusion decision, and the grievance shall be submitted to His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Industry, and the Minister shall decide on the grievance within five days from the date of its submission, and the expiry of this period without an implicit response to the grievance, and the Minister’s decision to decide on the grievance is final. The committee will announce the final list of candidates who will run in the chamber’s board of directors elections for the “seventh session-2023”, as soon as the grievances submitted are decided.
The committee notes that the process of electing the chamber’s board of directors will be within the chamber’s general assembly meeting, which will announce the date and place of its convening at least fifteen days before the date of the assembly.
The Committee supervising the procedures for electing the Board of Directors of the Qatar Chamber had announced the date for receiving the applications of candidates for the Chamber’s elections, in accordance with the provisions of the election regulations.
It is noteworthy that His Excellency the Minister of Commerce and Industry issued Resolution No. 18 of 2023 to form a committee to elect the members of the Chamber’s board of directors, name its members and define its terms of reference. The committee undertakes the functions entrusted to it in accordance with the provisions of the regulation for the mechanism for holding elections for the board of directors of the Qatar Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The committee sets its work system that includes the times of its meetings and the rules necessary to exercise its functions. By means of visual communication, the committee issues its decisions and recommendations by a majority of votes, and when the votes are equal, the side from which the chairperson belongs is preponderant.
