Mariam Al Jalahma

Mariam Adhbi Al Jalahma (, born 1961) is a Bahraini physician, civil servant and politician. In 2000 she was appointed to the Consultative Council, becoming one of its first female members.

Biography Al Jalahma was born in Bahrain in 1961 and completed her secondary education at Al Hoora Secondary School for Girls in 1977. She then studied for a bachelor of medicine and surgery at the Qasr El Eyni faculty of Cairo University, graduating in 1985. In the same year she was one of four women appointed to the Consultative Council by Emir Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, becoming its first female members. She remained on the Consultative Council until 2002, after which she became Coordinator of International and Public Relations at the Ministry of Health.