Abdullatif Al-Mahmood

Abdullatif Al-Mahmood
Born (1946-05-08) 8 May 1946
Al-Hidd, Bahrain
OccupationChairman of the Gathering of National Unity

Abdullatif Al-Mahmood (born May 8, 1946 in Hidd) is a Bahraini politician and doctor. He is of Sunni Arab origin.

He was a member of the Sunni opposition to the ruling Shiite Al Khalifa family in Bahrain.[1] During the Arab Spring, he shifted his support to the ruling Al Khalifa family.[1]

Activism

In 1992, he signed on the uprising petition[2] which had been demanding the return of Bahraini parliament deputy causing him to be detained for two weeks.[3] Following his release, he withdrew from arguing that the petition had taken other goals. Afterwards, he disappeared from the political scene and worked as a doctor at the University of Bahrain.

Return to politics

During the Bahraini protests that began on 2011, Abdullatif Al-Mahmood appeared as president of the pro-government Gathering of National Unity, led the Fateh Mosque assembly, and coordinated the Sunnis demands.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Alsaadi, Salam (2026). "Unconditional Loyalty: The Survival of Minority Autocracies". American Political Science Review. 120 (1): 189–206. doi:10.1017/S0003055425000218. ISSN 0003-0554.
  2. ↑ Book of the time: Gates of Bahrain... reading stage، page 15.
  3. ↑ Ali Rabia tells the nineties (1) Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine -Newspaper الوقت.
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