Aisha Al Roumi
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Aisha Al Roumi | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Federal National Council | |
| In office 2007–2011 | |
| Constituency | Sharjah |
Aisha Mohammad Khalfan Al Roumi (Arabic: عائشة محمد خلفان الرومي) is an Emirati physician and politician. In 2007, she was one of the first group of women to enter the Federal National Council.
A qualified doctor,[1] Al Roumi worked as a paediatrician and became Director of Maternal Child Health for Sharjah in the Ministry of Health.[2][3]
Following the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman, Amal Al Qubaisi.[4][5] She became chair of the Pensions Committee and sat on the Health, Labour and Social Affairs Committee Committee.[6][7]