The Advisory Council’s 46th session held its first regular meeting under the chairmanship of the council’s oldest member Youssuf bin Mohammed Youssuf al-Obaidan.
During the meeting, the council unanimously voted HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud as Speaker of the session and HE Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Sulaiti as Deputy Speaker.
Nasser bin Rashid al-Kaabi and Rashid bin Hamad al-Maadhadi were elected as controllers of the council.
At the outset of the meeting, HE Secretary-General of the Advisory Council, Fahad bin Mubarak al-Khayareen, read out Emiri Decision No 22 of 2017 that renewed the membership of some Advisory Council members and appointed new members to the council.
The Emiri decision read as:
Emiri Decision No 22 of 2017 to renew membership of some advisory council members and appoint new members to the council. We, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, decided the following:
Article 1 – The following Advisory Council members shall have their membership renewed:
1. Rashid bin Hamad al-Farhoud al-Maadhadi 2. Nasser bin Rashid Seraei al-Kaabi 3. Youssuf bin Rashid Youssuf al-Khater 4.
Mohamed bin Khalid Abdulaziz al-Ghanim al-Maadheed 5. Ibrahim bin Khalifa Ibrahim al-Nasr 6. Nasser bin Suleiman Haider Mohamed al-Haider 7. Mohamed bin Abdullah Youssuf al-Sulaiti 8. Hadi bin Said Abdulhadi Heleit al-Khyareen 9. Abdullah bin Khalid Mohamed al-Mana 10. Nasser bin Khalil Ibrahim Youssuf al-Jaidah 11. Saqr bin Fahd Saqr al-Meraikhi 12. Nasser bin Ahmed Mohamed al-Malki al-Juhani 13. Ahmed bin Khalifa Meteeb Rashid al-Rumaihi.
Article 2 – The membership of Advisory Council members whose names weren’t mentioned in the previous article shall be terminated.
Article 3 – The following names shall be appointed members of the Advisory Council:
1. Youssuf bin Mohamed Youssuf al-Obaidan 2. Ismail bin Mohamed Shareef al-Emadi 3. Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud 4. Abdurrahman bin Youssuf Abdurrahman al-Khulaifi 5. Youssuf bin Ahmed Ali Omran al-Kuwari 6.
Abdullah bin Khalid Mohamed al-Jaber al-Nuaimi 7. Mohamed bin Abdullah Abdulghani Nasser al-Abdulghani 8. Dahlan bin Jamaan Basheer al-Hamad 9. Hessa bin Sultan Jaber Mohamed al-Jaber 10. Khalifa bin Ali Khalifa al-Hetmi 11. Aisha bint Youssuf Omar al-Hamad al-Mannai 12. Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Abdullah al-Attiyah 13. Nasser bin Salmeen Khalid al-Suwaidi 14. Mohamed bin Mahdi Ajyan Mohamed al-Ahbabi 15. Ali bin Abdullatif Mohamed al-Misnad al-Mohannadi 16.
Nasser bin Sultan Nasser al-Humaidi 17. Mubarak bin Saif Hamdan Musif al-Mansouri 18. Khalid bin Mohamed Ajaj al-Kubaisi 19. Mohamed bin Mansour Khalil al-Khalil al-Shahwani 20. Khalid bin Abdullah Rashid al-Buainein 21. Mohamed bin Ali Jaber Hamad al-Henzab 22. Abdullah bin Fahad Abdullah Ghorab al-Marri 23. Abdullatif bin Mohamed Abdullatif al-Sada 24.
Hind bint Abdurrahman Mohamed Mubarak al-Muftah 25. Fahad bin Mohamed Fahad Saad Buzweir 26. Saleh bin Abdullah Mohamed al-Ibrahim al-Mannai 27. Mohamed bin Ali Sultan al-Ali al-Maadheed 28. Reem bint Mohamed Rashid al-Hammoudi al-Mansouri.
Article 4 – All concerned entities, each in their power, shall implement the decision.
The decision is effective starting from its date of issue and is to be published in the official gazette.
His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, issued at the Emiri Diwan on 20/2/1439AH corresponding to 9/11/2017.
The secretary-general read out Decree No 88 of 2017 inviting the Advisory Council to hold the 46th ordinary session.
This was followed by the new members taking the oath before the council.
After that, Youssuf bin Mohamed Youssuf al-Obaidan, who chaired the meeting as the oldest member, delivered a speech in which invited the members to elect the speaker for this session.
HE Ahmed bin Abdullah bin Zaid al-Mahmoud was unanimously elected speaker of the council for this session.
HE Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Sulaiti was unanimously elected deputy speaker. Rashid bin Hamad al-Maadhadi, Nasser bin Rashid al-Kaabi and Hadi bin Said al-Khyareen ran for the position of the council’s controller, where the voting resulted in the victory of Rashid bin Hamad al-Maadhadi and Nasser bin Rashid al-Kaabi.
HE the speaker of the council gave a statement on this occasion thanking the members for electing him as speaker of the council for this session, and also expressed the appreciation of Mohamed bin Abdullah al-Sulaiti who was elected deputy speaker and  Nasser bin Rashid al-Kaabi and Rashid bin Hamad al-Maadhadi who were elected controllers of the council.