By KUNA,
Kuwait : The 10 winners of the 2nd constituency of parliamentary elections were officially announced on Sunday following a delay that forced the top judge to revise tally of ballots of a committee.
The winners were Marzouq Al-Ghanim with 10,878 votes. Born in 1968, Al-Ghanim holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering. He held a number of positions, including Chairman of Boubyan Petrochemicals. He was elected MP in 2006.
The second was ex-house speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi with 10,839 votes. He was born in 1940 and holds a diploma in business. He became a member of the National Assembly in 1975, 1981, 1985, and 1995, and was National Assembly Speaker in 1999, 2003 and 2006.
Al-Kharafi also held memberships in a number of boards and was Director General of the Mohammad Abdul-Mohsen Al-Kharafi Group between 1961 and 1985.
Third was Khaled Sultan bin Essa with 8,687 votes. Born in 1940, Bin Essa holds a masters degree in business administration and a bachelors degree in aviation engineering. He held a number of prominent positions, including chairman of Kuwait Graduates Society and Jamiyat Ihyaa Iturath Al-Islami.
Then there was Mohammad Al-Mutair with 7,508 votes. Al-Mutair was born in 1969 and holds a bachelors degree in business. He was formerly the director general of a trading company and a board member in an investment company. He became member of the National Assembly in 2003 and 2006.
Jamaan Al-Hirbish came in fifth with 6,496 votes. He was born in 1970 and holds a PhD in Islamic ideology. He is a college professor and a lecturer with the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. He was elected MP in 2006.
Mohammad Al-Saqer followed with 6,266 votes. He was born in 1951 and holds a bachelors degree in economy. He formerly headed boards of a number of companies, as well as editor-in-chief of the daily “Al-Qabas” and director of Kuwait Industrial Bank.
He was a member of the National Assembly in 1999, 2003 and 2006 during which he was a member of the executive committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and headed the Arab Interim Parliament.
Ali Al-Rashid won 5,902 votes. He was born in 1976 and holds a degree and a higher diploma in law. He held a number of public positions, and was member of the bureau investigating the crime of the ousted Iraqi regime in 2000. Al-Rashid became a member of the National Assembly in 2003 and 2006.
Khalaf Dumaitheer Al-Enezi, who came in eighth place with 5,569 votes, was born in 1952 and holds a teaching diploma. He was a member of the National Council in 1990 and elected a member of the National Assembly in 1981, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2006.
Abdullatif Al-Ameeri followed with 5,361 votes. He was born in 1966 and holds a bachelors degree in Sharia (Islamic law) from Kuwait University in 1988. He worked as state prosecutor in the legal department of Kuwait Municipality and an investigator with the Interior Ministry.
The last was Mohammad Al-Abduljader with 3,636 votes. Born in 1964, Al-Abduljader holds a masters degree in geopolitics. He worked as a supervisor at the Ministry of Finance and taught at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training.