Salah Ali (Bahraini politician)
Salah bin Ali Mohammed Abdulrahman () is a Bahraini former Minister and member of the Council of Representatives. Biography. Bin Ali was born in Manama. Career before politics. Bin Ali worked as a resident physician at King Khalid University Hospital from 1986 to 1987, then returned to Bahrain to practice at Salmaniya Medical Complex from 1988 to 1989. He practiced at Al-Naim Health Center in the Family Medicine Program from 1989 to 1991. He was chief physician at Isa Town Health Center from 1991 to 1992, then at Budaiya Health Center from 1993 to 1994. The  Ministry of Health appointed him Director of the Health Education Department from 1994 to 1996, then head of the Anti-Smoking Program from 1995 to 2002. He worked once again at Isa Town Health Center from 1998 to 2002. He worked as an imam at the Khalid ibn al-Walid Mosque in Isa Town from 1988 to 1996, then at Nouf Al-Nassar Mosque in the same city from 1996 to 2000. Bin Ali has held a number of other important posts, including the following: Political career. Salah bin Ali joined the Al Eslah Society in Bahrain in 1996, heading  its Youth Division from 1997 to 2000. He chaired the board of directors of its political wing, the Al-Menber Islamic Society, from 2002 to 2007. In the 2002 Bahraini general election, he ran for the fourth district in the Central Governorate and defeated Issa Makli, becoming the head of Al-Menber in the Council of Representatives until 2006. In the 2006 Bahraini general election, he defeated Munira Fakhro (the candidate of the National Democratic Action Society with 4,066 votes, only 906 more for 53.64%. Following his re-election, he rose to become the Second Deputy Speaker. He decided to  not run in the 2010 Bahraini general election, since King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa appointed him to the Consultative Council. From April 2012 to December 2014, he served as Minister for Human Rights Affairs.