Jameel Humadan

Jameel Humaidan is the current Minister of Labor and Social Development 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).