Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi

Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi (Arabic: محمد عيسى العباسي) is a Bahraini politician and journalist.^[1] He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018.^[2]

Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi
محمد عيسى العباسي
Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain), 3rd District, Muharraq Governorate
Incumbent
Assumed office 2018
Monarch	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime Minister	Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Preceded by	Jamal Bou Hassan
Parliamentary group	Independent
Personal details
Born	Mohammed Issa Ahmed Abdullah Al-Abbasi
Nationality	Bahraini
Occupation	journalist

Education

Al Abassi graduated from Ahlia University.^[3]

2011 protests

During the Bahraini uprising of 2011, as a broadcaster on the TV channel of the Bahrain Radio and Television Corporation, Al Abassi took a firmly royalist stance which led to heavy opposition criticism. In 2013, he was suspended in a climate of increased rapprochement between the opposition and the House of Khalifa.

House of Representatives

Al Abassi entered politics by running in the 2018 Bahraini general election for the third constituency of the Muharraq Governorate in the national House of Representatives. He won 2,217 votes for 38.54% in the first round on November 24, necessitating a second round on December 1, in which he defeated Mohammed Al Alawi with 3,096 votes for 58.64%.