Jawad Salem Al Arrayed (born 1941) is a lawyer and former cabinet member in Bahrain.
Currently, he is President of the Ministerial Committee for Legal Affairs (effectively, the General Counsel to the Cabinet) and former deputy prime minister[1] in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
[3] National Claims for the Hawar Islands As one of the highest ranking Bahrainis educated and trained as a lawyer, Al Arrayed advised Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa and his government on the emirate's legal battle with Qatar over the Hawar Islands.
[citation needed] He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain in the reshuffle on 11 December 2006 that followed the victory of Shia Islamist party, Al Wefaq, in parliamentary elections.
[citation needed] He replaced a member of the royal family, Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa, in the post.