Jawad Al-Arrayedh

Jawad Salem Al Arrayed (born 1941) is a lawyer and former cabinet member in Bahrain. Currently, he is President of the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs (effectively, the General Counsel to the Cabinet) and former deputy prime minister in the Kingdom of Bahrain.

Arrayed was born in 1940 in Manama. He holds a degree in English literature, which he received from Cairo University. In addition, he also holds a law degree, which he obtained from Leeds University. He was then appointed as minister f state for municipalities and environmental affairs in June 1995. Bahrain, as a result of the work and advocacy by Minister Al Arrayed and its other legal advisers, ultimately prevailed at the ICJ, and these islands were recognized by the community of nations as belonging to Bahrain.

Other Cabinet Positions

Al Arrayed served as municipality minister from 1999 to November 2002. He was appointed Minister of Justice on 11 November 2002. During this period he was also advisor to the prime minister for legal affairs.

He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain in the reshuffle on 11 December 2006 that followed the victory of Shia Islamist party, Al Wefaq, in parliamentary elections. He replaced a member of the royal family, Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa, in the post. Arrayed is also president of the ministerial committee for legal affairs.