Not allowed to run as the candidate of the Minbar al-Dimuqrati in the 1992 elections, but won first place anyway (al-Qabas 18 April 2009, p. 5)
Involved in various left-wing groups in the mid-1970s (Mudayris, Political Groups and Organizations, 1999, 53-4, 70-3). Exact date of the acceptance of his resignation from the government in 1996 is not confirmed.