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==Titles, styles and awards== |
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|royal name = The King of Bahrain |
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|image = [[Image:Coat of arms of Bahrain.svg|50px]] |
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|dipstyle = [[His Majesty]] |
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|offstyle = Your Majesty |
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|altstyle = Sheikh}} |
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===Titles and styles=== |
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*'''28 January 1950 - 16 December 1961:''' Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
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*'''16 December 1961 - 27 June 1964:''' ''[[Excellency|His Excellency]]'' Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
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*'''27 June 1964 - 6 March 1999:''' ''[[His Highness]]'' Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Heir Apparent of Bahrain |
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*'''6 March 1999 - 14 February 2002:''' ''His Highness'' Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain |
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*'''14 February 2002 - present:''' ''[[His Majesty]]'' Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain |
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===Honours and awards=== |
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King Hamad received numerous honours, for example: |
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*Collar of the Order of the Republic of Egypt (24 January 1973) |
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*Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Merit (France)|National Order of Merit]] ([[France]]) |
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*[[Orders, decorations, and medals of Indonesia|Star of the Republic of Indonesia]], 1st class (8 October 1977) |
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*Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Crown (Iran)|Order of the Crown]] ([[Imperial State of Iran|Iran]], 28 April 1973) |
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*Order of the Two Rivers, 1st class ([[Ba'athist Iraq|Iraq]], 22 February 1969) |
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*[[Order of the Star of Jordan]] |
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**Collar (4 November 1999) |
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**Grand Cordon (1 February 1967) |
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*Grand Cordon of the Order of the Renaissance ([[Jordan]], 1 September 1972) |
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*Grand Conqueror of Libya, 1st class (1 September 1979) |
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*Order of the Republic of Mauritania, 1st class (1 April 1978) |
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*Grand Cross of the Order of Muhammad ([[Morocco]], 16 October 1970) |
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*[[Order of Abdulaziz al Saud|Collar of Abdulaziz al Saud]] ([[Saudi Arabia]], 4 April 1976) |
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*Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Isabella the Catholic]] ([[Spain]]) |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Revision as of 18:31, 18 February 2011
| Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة | |
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| King of Bahrain | |
| Reign | 6 March 1999 – present |
| Predecessor | Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| Issue | See Marriages and children |
| House | Al-Khalifa |
| Father | Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa |
| Mother | Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, (Arabic: حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة; born 28 January 1950, Riffa, Bahrain) is the current king of Bahrain (since 14 February 2002), having previously been its emir (from 6 March 1999).[2] He is the son of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the previous emir.
For his secondary schooling, he attended the The Leys School, Cambridge, England. He later attended military colleges in the United Kingdom (including Sandhurst) and the United States (including Fort Leavenworth).[1]
Reign
The country was declared a kingdom in 2002. It formerly was considered an emirate and officially called a "state." In 2002, he took a stance opposing any 'unilateral' military action by the United States against Iraq.
Marriages and children
King Hamad has four wives and in total twelve children, seven sons and five daughters:
- He married his first wife, Queen Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, at Rifa’a on 9 October 1968. Together they have three sons and one daughter:
- HRH Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain (born 21 October 1969)
- HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 30 June 1975)
- HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 4 June 1977)
- HH Sheikha Najla bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 20 May 1981)
- His second wife, Sheikha Sheia bint Hassan Al-Khrayyesh Al-Ajmi, is a lady from Kuwait. Together they have two sons and one daughter:
- HH Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 8 May 1987)
- HH Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 23 September 1989)
- HH Sheikha Meriam bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1980)
- He also has a third wife, a lady from Qatar, with whom he has two sons and four daughters:
- HH Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa (12 February 1991 - 12 January 2006), died in a fatal car accident
- HH Sheikh Sultan bin Hamad Al Khalifa
- HH Sheikha Hessa bint Hamad Al Khalifa
- HH Sheikha Nura bint Hamad Al Khalifa
- HH Sheikha Munira bint Hamad Al Khalifa
- HH Sheikha Reema bint Hamad Al Khalifa
- He does not have any children with his fourth wife, a lady from Qatar.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Embassy of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United States". Bahrainembassy.org. Retrieved 2010-10-02.
- ^ "Country Profiles Bahrain" The Arab Center for the Development of the Rule of Law and Integrity Retrieved 2010-12-01
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
- The Monarchy - official website of the Bahrain Embassy
- The New Amir of Bahrain: Marching Sideways, Abdulhadi Khalaf, Civil Society, Volume 9, Issue 100, April 2000
- Template:PDFlink, Abdulhadi Khalaf, Fourth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting, European University Institute, March 2003
- Generational change and elite-driven reforms in the Kingdom of Bahrain. (Sir William Luce Fellowship Paper No. 7) Dr. Steven Wright (2006) Institute for Middle East and Islamic Studies, University of Durham, (PDF Format)
- Bahrian: The Royals rule, Le Monde Diplomatique, March 2005
- An Arab exception: Reform in Bahrain The Economist, 29 July 2004 (requires subscription)
- Genealogy of the Al-Khalifa Dynasty, Page 10 - website The Royal Ark