Abdul Nabi Salman

Salman earned a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics from Bangalore University in 1981. He obtained a diploma in Sales and Marketing Development in 1989, a Higher Diploma in Management and Marketing in 1996, and specialized courses in public relations, promotion, and advertising.^{[citation needed]}

As the head of the Press and Publications Department at Gulf Air, he founded the airline’s union. He belongs to the Bahrain Economists Society and the Bahrain Transparency Society.^[2]

In 2012, he was elected Secretary-General of the left-wing Progressive Democratic Tribune (Al-Minbar) party, succeeding Dr. Hassan Madan.^[3]

Salman decided to run for the Council of Representatives in the 2002 Bahraini general election, in which he ran to represent the Second District of the Central Governorate for Al-Minbar. He won 632 votes for 22.28% in the first round, necessitating a runoff in which he won 1,327 votes for 54.93%, defeating Muhammad Al Asfour.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2006 Bahraini general election for the same district, Salman lost reelection in the first round with 2,396 votes for 27.81% to Abdullah Al-A’ali of the Shiite Al Wefaq party.^{[citation needed]}

In the 2018 Bahraini general election, he ran instead for the Sixth District of the Northern Governorate, winning 2,662 votes for 56.20% of the vote in the first round. Salman was elected First Deputy Speaker of Parliament in a 24-16 vote over Ahmed Al-Salloum. Ghazi Al Rahma and Fadhel Al Sawad had been eliminated in the first round.^[4]