Two women have been appointed to Qatar's legislative assembly, two weeks after an election selected 30 members, all men.
Qatar’s Amir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, appointed the remaining 15 Shura Council members, completing the country’s legislative body.
The amir also issued a decree inviting the Shura Council to hold its first ordinary session on 26 October.
According to the list released by the Qatar News Agency, the new Shura Council will include two women.
The decision was made almost two weeks after eligible citizens voted in 30 members of the Shura Council in the country’s first-ever judicial body.
The Shura Council, consisting of 45 members, has now been concluded. Thirty were elected, and 15 now appointed. Two hundred thirty-three candidates across 30 districts ran in which there was a high voter turnout (63.5%).
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