Everything about Haya Rashed Al-khalifa totally explained
Sheikha
Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa (born
October 18,
1952) is a lawyer and diplomat from
Bahrain who was the
President of the 61st session of the
United Nations General Assembly which began on
September 12,
2006, and closed on
September 17,
2007. She was the third woman to hold the position since
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of
India and
Angie Elisabeth Brooks of
Liberia were appointed to the presidency in 1953 and 1969 respectively. She was elected by acclamation after Bahrain was chosen as its candidate by the group of Asian nations.
She was the
Bahraini
ambassador to
France from 1999 to 2004. With
Lulwa Al Awadhi, she was one of the first two women in Bahrain to practice law when she was admitted as a
lawyer in Bahrain in 1979. She set up her own practise and is the founder of the Haya Rashed Al Khalifa Law Firm. From 1997 to 1999, she was the vice chairwoman of the
International Bar Association. She is the legal advisor to Bahrain's
royal court and is a Global Advisors to
Orphans International.
When she was appointed Ambassador to France in 1999 she became the first ever female Bahraini ambassador. The move was the first in a series of appointments of women to high profile government positions in recent years, which have included the country's first female cabinet minister,
Nada Haffadh, and six women nominated to the
Shura Council, the upper house of parliament.
Sheikha Haya is a member of the ruling
Al Khalifa family of
Bahrain. She is the great-granddaughter of
Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, who ruled Bahrain from 1869 to 1932. The present head of the family, King
Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, is the great-great-grandson of Isa ibn Ali.
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