Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Rashed Al Khalifa
Appearance
Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Rashid al-Khalifa | |
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Bahraini ambassador to the United States | |
Assumed office December 3, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Houda Nonoo |
Succeeded by | Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa |
Personal details | |
Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Manama |
Relatives | (21) Abdulla bin Rashid Al Khalifa Line of succession to the Bahraini throne |
Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Khalifa (born 1960) is a Bahraini member of the House of Khalifa and between 2013 and 2017 was Bahraini Ambassador in Washington, D.C. The current Ambassador is Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa
Career
[edit]- In 1988 he entered the Royal Bahraini Air Force and was trained as a fighter pilot.
- He flew the Northrop F-5 and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
- In 1990 he received the best fighter pilot award from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
- From 1990 to 1991 he participated in the Gulf War.
- From 1997 to 2003 he earned a Bachelor's Degree and an MBA from Bentley University.
- From 2003 to 2005, during the Iraq War he was mission commander flying over Kuwait.
- He participated in 25 military and leadership courses in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, the United States and the United Kingdom.
- From 2005 to 2013 he was defense, military, naval and air attaché in Washington, D. C. and nonresidential in Ottawa (Canada).
- In March 2013 he was head of the Bahraini delegation at the final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in New York.
- In 2013 his rank was raised from lieutenant to colonel.
- On November 23, 2013 he was appointed ambassador in Washington, D.C. where he presented his credentials on December 3, 2013.
Decorations
[edit]- Freedom of Kuwait Medals (He received two of them.)
- Long Services Medal
- Hawar Medal
- Freedom of Iraq Medal[1]