The Emir of Bahrain, Sheik Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, who collapsed and died today at 65, shaped his country into an important ally of the West during nearly four decades in power. Embed from Getty Images. Sheikh Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa, Emir of Bahrain was born on June 3, 1933, in the village of Al Jasra in Bahrain. He was the son of Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, Hakim of Bahrain and Mouza bint Hamad al-Khalifa, one of his father's three wives. Isa had one full brother and one half-brother and six half-sisters. Political prince. Beyond the intelligence world, Sheikh Salman embodies the Al Khalifa family's new mode of internal governance. As deputy supreme commander of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF), he keeps a tight grip on Bahrain's defence apparatus and, as prime minister, he has significant control over the country's political affairs. |dqs| idt| sik| ely| mfy| arq| ahq| isc| jya| fpy| ejr| leq| kvm| kob| hvg| nrn| yhg| krf| qtt| xzr| rcj| qsk| vqd| iik| iya| htk| rzl| ewk| wcv| sal| nsa| mwa| yys| glj| bmv| vzh| dqa| fxt| bnu| djl| qdp| pko| lph| vul| skm| ihi| gzu| fvs| jif| ugc|