Lateefa Al Gaood (Arabic: لطيفه القعود) is a Bahraini politician.
She won by default after the other two candidates in her constituency withdrew from the race in the middle of October before campaigning began.
[1] She was also the first woman in the Persian Gulf region to win in a legislative general election.
Due to her previous electoral failure she stood for a different constituency in 2006 to increase her chances of getting elected.
She also holds diplomas from Helwan University in Egypt as well as the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration in Virginia.