The nominations for Qatar Chamber’s election for its eight sectors for the sixth council are now open from March 25 to April 10, chairman Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim al-Thani announced in a statement yesterday.
“This will be in accordance with Law No 11 of the year 1990 regarding the establishment of the Chamber amended by the Law No 11 of 1996 and Law 23 of 2018 and the decision of the Minister of Economy and Commerce No 83 of 2018 and Resolution No 86 regarding formulating the supervising committee on the Chamber’s elections,” the statement said.
It added that the sectors include 17 representatives (board members), including five representatives for trading sector, for contracting, three for industry, and one representative for the services, agriculture, investment, banks, tourism and insurance sectors.
Sheikh Khalifa extended his “sincere appreciation and gratitude” to His Highness the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani “for his continuous support and kind patronage for the private sector.”
“This support helped the private sector maximise its role and positive participation in the economic process,” he added.
According to the statement, the candidates “shall be Qatari, older than 25 years old, enjoy good reputation, educated and owns or partner or director in a company or institution in one of the above-mentioned economic sectors. “Candidate shall also be a member in the chamber and doesn’t work in a governmental body. The candidate’s company commercial registration shall be more than five years from the date of nomination.”
The documents needed for nomination shall include “Qatar ID, copy of criminal record, education certificate, CR, Qatar Chamber membership, and a certificate that demonstrates that the candidate is not employee in the government.”
“Candidates who meet these requirements shall submit all above-mentioned documents in a closed envelope to the head of the supervising committee at the MEC headquarters within the working hours in Lusail, Tower No (A) 11th floor, Department of Legal Affairs,” the statement added.
Sheikh Khalifa: Positive participation.
