Jameel Humaidan is the current Minister of Labor and Social Development[1] of Bahrain.
Current positions
- Minister of Labour and Social Development since September 30, 2015, upon Royal Decree No. (65) 2015.
 - Minister of Labour February 26, 2011 – September 2015, upon Royal Decree No. (14) 2011, and Royal Decree No. (38) 2014.
 - Board Chairman, Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA).
 - Board Chairman, Family Bank.
 - Chairman, Occupational Health and Safety Council.
 - Head of Quartet Committee for Expatriate Labour Mobility.
 - Head of Joint Committee for Evaluating Repercussions of the Economic Crises and its Impact on National Labour.
 - Head of Committee for Reviewing the Status of Illegal Workers.
 - Head of Talented and Outstanding Workers’ Ceremony Committee.
 - Head of National Committee for Childhood.
 - Board Chairman, High Council for Vocational Training (February 2011 – October 2015).
 
Membership in boards, councils and committees
- Board Member, Economic Development Board (EDB).
 - Board of Trustees Member, University of Bahrain.
 - Member, Civil Service Council.
 - Member, Civil Defense Council.
 - Member, Education and Training Reform Committee.
 - Member of the Ministerial Committee for Finance and Economic Affairs.
 - Member of the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs.
 - Member of the Ministerial Committee for Social Services, Communication and Information.
 - Member of the Ministerial Committee for Infrastructure and services 2011–2014.
 
Regional and international memberships
- Boards Member, International Labour Organization (ILO), since June 2014.
 - Member, GCC Labour and Social Affairs Ministers’ Council.
 - Vice President, the 16th Asia and the Pacific Regional Meeting, Bali, Indonesia.
 - Chairman, GCC Insurance Against Unemployment team since June 2012.
 - Chairman, GCC Labour Ministers’ Council 30th session, 2013.
 - Board Chairman, Arab Labour Organization in 2011.
 - Member, Social Insurance Expertise Committee for providing social insurance for GCC nationals working in Gulf countries.
 - General Coordinator, The Standard Gulf Directory For Occupational Classification and Standardization.
 
Arab and international participations
- Represented His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Bahrain Prime Minister in the United Nations Security Council's Conference on Human Trafficking, New York (December 20, 2016).
 - Represents the Kingdom of Bahrain in the annual conferences of the ILO, the Arab Labour Organization (ALO), and a number of other related Arab and international organization's meetings and conferences.
 - Headed a number of joint committees on the Arab and GCC countries level.
 
Major accomplishments
- Participated in establishing the new Bahrain Labour Law for Private Sector, issued in 2012.
 - Issued a number of Ministerial Decrees regulating the Labour Law with direct impact on enhancing labour rights and unions’ activities in Bahrain.
 - Launched many pioneer initiatives and projects in the field of Training and employment, such as the National Labour Market Observatory, the Occupational Standards Project, Graduates Employment Project, Hospitality Institute Project.
 - Supervised and prepared a number of labour studies and programs in the GCC.
 - Former Member of the Editorial Committee for Social and Labour Studies Publications.
 - Received His Majesty the King's "Medal of Bahrain", (National Day, December 16, 2016).
 - Received His Majesty the King's Medal of the First Class Efficiency as one of the pioneer national workers (National Day, December 16, 2009).
 
References
- King Hamad drops four ministers Archived 2014-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
 
External links
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