Rahila Al Riyami

Rahila bint Amur Al Riyami (Arabic: رحيلة بنت عامر الريامي, died 5 February 2017) was an Omani politician. Along with Lujaina Mohsin Darwish, she was one of the first two Omani women to be directly elected to the Consultative Assembly in 2000.^[1]

Rahila Al Riyami
Member of the Consultative Assembly
In office 2000–2007
Constituency	Bawshar
Member of the Council of State
In office 2007–
Personal details
Died	(2017-02-05)5 February 2017

Biography

Al Riyami was a civil servant, serving as Director of Educational Planning at the Ministry of Education for 16 years.^[1] In 2000, she was one of fifteen female candidates in the general elections that year. Running in Bawshar, she was one of two women elected. She was re-elected to the Assembly in 2003.^[2] In 2007, she was appointed to the Council of State, serving as its head of Human Resources Development.^[1] She died in 2017