Fatma Ghanem Khalfan Al Marri is an Emirati educator and politician. In 2007 she was one of the first group of women to enter the

Federal National Council The Federal National Council (FNC) ( ar, المجلس الوطني الإتحادي, ''al-Majlis al-Watani al-Ittihadi'') of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an advisory quasi-parliamentary body in the UAE. The FNC consists of 40 members. Twen ...

Biography

Al Marri worked as a teacher, becoming a headteacher. In 2006 she was appointed CEO of the Dubai School Agency in the

Knowledge and Human Development Authority The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) is the educational quality assurance and regulatory authority of the Government of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It oversees the private education sector in Dubai, including early childhood edu ...

. Following the 2006 parliamentary elections, she was one of eight women appointed to the Federal National Council alongside the one elected woman,

Amal Al Qubaisi Amal Al Qubaisi (born 18 October 1969) was the speaker of the United Arab Emirates Federal National Council (FNC) from 2015 to 2019. She was first female leader of a national assembly in the United Arab Emirates and the Arab world. Before holding ...

. She remained in parliament until 2011. In 2010 she was appointed to the board of trustees of Hamdan Bin Mohammed eUniversity and in 2015 became a board member of the

Higher Colleges of Technology The Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT; ar, ) was established in 1988 and is the largest applied, higher education institution in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). During the 2019–2020 academic year, there were 14,246 female and 6,744 male stu ...

.New Board of Trustees Appointed to Oversee HCT
Higher Colleges of Technology

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marri, Fatma Emirati schoolteachers Emirati women in politics Members of the Federal National Council Living people Date of birth unknown Year of birth missing (living people)