Rawiyah Al Samahi

After graduating, Al Samahi married and spent two years as a housewife. She then joined the public relations department of the Ministry of Health, and later worked for eleven years in the health education department.^[1] She became chief executive of Fujairah Hospital in 1995, remaining in post until 2007.^[2]

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.^[3][4]

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