Ali Ishaqi
{{Short description|Bahraini politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ali Ishaqi
| office = Member of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain)
| native_name = علي إسحاقي
| native_name_lang = ar
| monarch = Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
| parliamentarygroup = independent
| predecessor = Nabil Al Balushi
| primeminister = Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
| termstart = 2018
| birth_name = Ali Muhammad Issa Abdullah Ishaqi
| occupation = handball player and executive
}}
Ali Muhammad Issa Abdullah Ishaqi ({{langx|ar|علي محمد عيسى عبد الله إسحاقي}}) is a Bahraini politician and sportsperson. He was sworn into the Council of Representatives on December 12, 2018 to represent the Tenth District of the Capital Governorate.{{cite news |title=رئيس اللجنة العليا للإشراف على سلامة الانتخابات يعلن النتائج النهائية للانتخابات النيابية والبلدية لعام 2018م |url=https://www.bna.bh/.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscL2fwIzON1%2BDl3mvAUj9W6jXNYNzELKttg%3D |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Bahrain News Agency |date=December 2, 2018}}
Sports career
Ishaqi was elected president of the Bahrain Handball Federation and is a member of the Bahrain Olympic Committee.{{cite news |title=البحرين- >عسكر يستقبل بطل المصارعة آدم باتيروف ويشيد باتحاد فنون القتال المختلطة |url=https://menafn.com/arabic/1097641366/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B1-%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%A2%D8%AF%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81-%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AF-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A9 |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=MENAFN |date=October 30, 2018}} In 2013, he was elected to the Board of Directors of the Asian Handball Federation.{{cite news |title=الفهد يحتفظ برئاسة الاتحاد الآسيوي لكرة اليد |url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/sport/461569-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D9%87%D8%AF-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%B8-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%94%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%93%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A-%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AF |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Sky News Arabia |date=October 26, 2013}} In 2017, he was elected the Asian Handball Federation’s Vice-President.{{cite news |title=علي عيسى يفوز بمنصب نائب رئيس الاتحاد الآسيوي |url=https://www.alayam.com/online/sport/689831/News.html |access-date=12 February 2021 |work=Al Ayam (Bahrain) |date=November 10, 2017}}
He played for the Bahrain men's national handball team during a period in which they qualified for the World Men's Handball Championship four times: 2011, 2015, 2017, and 2019. They also finished as runner-up in the Asian Men's Handball Championship in 2010, 2014, 2016, and 2018. He won two medals at the Asian Games, including a silver in 2018 and a bronze in 2014. In addition, the youth team qualified for the World Men’s Youth Championship for the first time in 2017 and won the Asian Men's Youth Handball Championship twice in 2016 and 2018.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
Political career
In the 2018 Bahraini general election, he ran to represent the Tenth District of the Capital Governorate in the Council of Representatives. By winning 2,689 votes for 38.95% in the first round on November 24, he advanced to the runoff on December 1, in which he defeated Eman Showaiter (Progressive Democratic Tribune) with 3,279 votes for 55.93%.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
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Category:Members of the Council of Representatives (Bahrain)
Category:Bahraini people of Iranian descent
Category:Bahraini Shia Muslims
Category:Bahraini male handball players
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