H.E. Faeqa bint Saeed Al Saleh

She has been the minister of health of the kingdom of Bahrain since 1 October, 2015 till now.

Work experience :

• She held the position of Minister of Social Development from December 6,2014 until September 30, 2015
• Before being appointed a minister, she worked as Assistant Secretary-General of the League of Arab States - Head of the Social Affairs Sector from September 2012 until December 2014, where she supervised the technical secretariats of the Arab Ministerial Councils, namely the Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, the Council of Arab Health Ministers, and the Council of Arab Ministers for Youth and Sports. In addition to that, she supervised, within her competence as head of the social affairs sector, 7 departments at the Arab League: the Department of Development and Social Policies, the Department of Health and Humanitarian Aid, the Department of Women, Family and Child, the Department of Youth and Sports, the Department of Education and Scientific Research, the Department of Culture and Dialogue of Cultures, and the Department of population policies, expatriates and migration, in addition to the unit of Social field studies and surveys.
• She also worked as an advisor to the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States and was responsible for the secretariat of the Economic and Social Council of the League of Arab States (October 2008 - August 2012
• Before joining the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, she worked as an Assistant Undersecretary for Planning and Information at the Ministry of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain. She also held several positions in the fields of information, statistics and educational planning over a period of 25 years.
• She held several positions managing a number of educational projects, as she worked as the National Coordinator of Education for All, the Coordinator of the Education and Training Reform Project in the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Director of the Project aimed for Strengthening the Quality of Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Medals ad Awards:

She received "Prince Salman bin Hamad Medal for Medical Merit" from His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in December 16, 2021.

Boards and currents committees:

• Civil Service board
• Supreme health Council (Vice president)
• Board of Directors of the Health Insurance Fund (Shifa)
• Civil Defense board
• Ministerial Committee for Social services, Communication, Media & Youth
• The national Committee for Drug Control
• The National Committee for Non-Communicable Disease control (chief)
• The National Committee to Control Smoking and all kinds of Tobacco products (chief)
• The National Committee for HIV control “Aids” (chief)

Previous boards and committees:

• She chaired the Arab Health Council of Ministers in the 53-54 sessions in 2020
• She chaired the Council of Health Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries in 2021
• The Ministerial Committee for Food Safety in 2021
• She also participated as a core member in the Executive Board of the World Health Organization during the period 2016-2019.
• The Ministerial Committee for Economic and Financial Affairs 2015-2018
• She represented the Kingdom of Bahrain and the League of Arab States through the membership of several regional and international administrative councils, such as: the Advisory Board for the Global Monitoring Report for Education for All, the Advisory Board of the International Institute for Educational Planning, the Board of Directors of the Arab Organization for Quality Assurance of Education, and the Board of Directors of the Arab Network for Research and Education, in addition to a number of supreme councils and committees such as: the Education Task Force of the Group of Eight Middle Eastern Countries (BMENA), the Board of Directors of the Arab Planning Institute, the Board of Directors of the Public Administration Institute, and the Education Committee of the Supreme Council for Women.

Educational qualifications:

She holds a Master’s degree in Information and Libraries from the University of London in 1991. She also holds a number of higher diplomas, including a Higher International Diploma in Educational Planning and Administration - International Institute for Educational Planning / UNESCO, Paris (2001), and a Higher Diploma in Advanced Management - University of Bahrain (1993), Higher Diploma in Library and Information Science - University of London (1989), and Higher Diploma in Education - University of London Institute of Education (1983). Her first university degree is a BA in English - University of Baghdad (1976). She holds an Honorary Doctorate in Medical Education from Cyberjaya University of Medical Sciences, Malaysia, in November 2016.

International & Regional contributions:

During her work at the Arab League, she participated in a number of programs and field visits related to social affairs and humanitarian aid in Arab countries, in cooperation and coordination with United Nations agencies. She also took part in and organized many conferences, seminars and workshops at the national, regional and international levels, and given many lecturesand worksheets in various fields. During her work at the Arab League, she participated in a number of programs and field visits related to social affairs and humanitarian aid in Arab countries, in cooperation and coordination with United Nations agencies. She also took part in and organized many conferences, seminars and workshops at the national, regional and international levels, and given many lecturesand worksheets in various fields.