Muscat: H.E. Rashed Bin Ahmed Al Shamsi, Vice Chairman of Oman's Shura Council, has been appointed the First Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament.
In a statement online, the Shura Council said, "During the procedural session devoted to the election of the president and vice presidents of the Arab Parliament, and the presidents of the committees and their deputies for two years, His Exellency Rashed bin Ahmed Al Shamsi Vice-Chairman of the Shura Council was elected to the post of First Deputy Speaker of the Arab Parliament."