Muhannad Talal Al-Sayer (; born 7 January 1981) is a Kuwaiti lawyer currently serving as member of National Assembly since 2020. He was notably the main lawyer representing Mohammed Al-Maimoni who was murdered by two prison guards at the Kuwait Central Prison.
Career Law career Muhannad Al-Sayer got his bachelor of Law in 2004. In 2011, he was appointed by Kuwaiti Society of Lawyers as the defending lawyer of the late Mohammed Al-Maimoni.https://www.sabr.cc/2012/01/10/37705/ Which led the two policemen that murdered Al-Maimoni, in custody, to receive the death penalty. In 2017, Al-Sayer was elected as vice-president of the Kuwaiti Society of Lawyers.https://muhannadalsayer.com/
Political career Muhannad Al-Sayer first ran in the 2016 election. He only received 1,534 votes failing to get a seat in parliament. Al-Sayer ran again in 2020, getting third place with 3,565 and getting a seat in parliament.https://www.arabnews.com/node/2172536/amp On 29 March 2021, Al-Sayer, Jawhar & Al-Mudhaf requested to grill prime minister Sabah Al-Khalid.https://www.alqabas.com/article/5843460-النواب-حسن-جوهر-ومهلهل-المضف-ومهند-الساير-يتقدمون-باستجواب-إلى-رئيس-الوزراء
On 9 March 2022, Al-Sayer, Jawhar & Al-Otaibi requested to grill the prime minister Sabah Al-Khalid again. This was due to the government being un-cooperative with MPs, unconstitutional acts by Al-Khalid, and alleged embezzlement by government ministers.https://www.alqabas.com/article/5877773-النواب-حسن-جوهر-ومهند-الساير-وخالد-المونس-يتقدمون-باستجواب-إلى-رئيس-الوزراء The questioning led into a no-confidence vote which the majority of elected members, 26, agreed to. Leading to the resignation of the government in April 5.https://www.aljazeera.net/politics/2022/5/10/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA-%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%84-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-7
Al-Sayer ran in the 2022 election. He got fourth place in the third district with almost 6000 votes.https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3055959&language=en After the annulment of 2022 results, he ran for the fourth time in 2023. He got elected with 5772 votes.https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=3099252&Language=en He won the 2024 election, getting 5,114 votes in seventh place.
Election results
Year Votes polled20161,534 (L)20203,565 (W)20225,998 (W)20235,772 (W)20245,114 (W)
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