Abu Dhabi First sweeps ADCCI elections

The elections were held on Monday for 15 seats of the board of directors of the trade body including two seats reserved for the expatriate business community in the emirate. The four year term of the new board of director will begin in January 2010.

Three polling stations were setup in Abu Dhabi city, Al Ain and Beda Zayed where 12191 members of the trade body vote for their favourite candidates.

Fatima Obaid Al Jaber, a women entrepreneur emerged as most popular candidate among 72,000 members of the chamber, as she bagged 4,880 votes.

Khalfan Saeed Al Kaabi, who obtained 4101 votes, has been elected for the second term. He promised in his election manifesto to reduce the chamber fees by 50 per cent.

Yusufali MA, a leading Indian business leader who was elected for the second term got 2256 votes, while a Syrian expatriate businessman, Dr Kassem Aloum could get 1715 votes.

Other candidates, who won the elections included Nasser Al Maamari, Ali Saif Al Mansoury, Rashid Al Suwaidi, Saeed Al Dheheri, Abdul Jabar Al Sayegh, Ali Mohammed Al Balooshi, Khaled Al Badi, Omeir Saud Al Dheheri, Shaikh Mubarak bin Ham, Khalifa Essa Mohammed Al Khaili, Nasser Al Shamsi.

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