House of Khalifa

Al Khalifa
Parent house	`Anizzah → Bani Utbah
Country	Bahrain
Founded	1766[1]
Founder	Khalifa bin Mohammed[2]
Current head	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Titles	King of Bahrain
Estate(s)	Bahrain

The Al Khalifa family is the ruling royal family of Bahrain. The Al Khalifa are Sunni Islam. They belong to the Anizah tribe that came from Najd to Kuwait in the early 18th century. They are also from the Utub tribe. The current head of the family is Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. He became the Emir of Bahrain in 1999 and made himself King of Bahrain in 2002.

As of 2010, about half of the cabinet ministers of Bahrain are from the Al Khalifa royal family.^[3] The country's Prime Minister, Khalifah bin Salman al-Khalifah, is also from the Al Khalifa family and is the uncle of the current King.

List of monarchs of Bahrain of the Al Khalifa family

Name	Years as ruler	Title
Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalifa	1783–1796	Hakim
Abdullah bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa, ruling jointly with Salman bin Ahmad Al-Khalifa Khalifah bin Sulman Al-Khalifa	1796–1843 1796–1825 1825–1834	Hakim Hakim Hakim
Muhammad bin Khalifah Al-Khalifa	1834–1842 1849–1868 1869-1869	Hakim
Ali bin Khalifah Al-Khalifa	1868–1869	Hakim
Muhammad bin Abdullah Al-Khalifa	1869-1869	Hakim
Isa bin Ali Al-Khalifa	1869–1932	Hakim
Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa	1932–1942	Hakim
Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa	1942–1961	Hakim
Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa	1961–1971 1971–1999	Hakim Amir
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa	1999–2002 2002 -	Amir King

In public office

Public offices in Bahrain that Al Khalifa family members have:

Office	Name
Prime Minister	Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa (Uncle of King Hamad)
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah
Minister of Defence	Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
Minister of Interior	Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Minister of Information	Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
Minister of Finance	Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa
Minister of Justice & Islamic Affairs	Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa
Minister of Culture	Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa
Minister of Transport (also Deputy Prime Minister)	Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa
Minister of the Royal Court	Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
Minister of the Royal Court for Followup Affairs	Ahmed bin Ateyatalla Al Khalifa
Minister of Royal Court Affairs	Ali bin Isa Al Khalifa
Deputy Prime Minister for Ministerial Committees	Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah
Deputy Prime Minister	Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Minister of State for Defence Affairs	Mohammed bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Supreme Commander of Armed Forces	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King)
Deputy Supreme Commander of Armed Forces	Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (Crown Prince)
Chief of Staff of Bahrain Defence Force	Khalifa bin Ahmad Al Khalifa
Advisor to Prime Minister for Security Affairs	Abdulaziz bin Ateyatallah Al Khalifa
Chairman of the Supreme Judicial Council	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King)
Chief Justice of Bahrain (President of the Court of Cassation)	Khalifa bin Rashid Al Khalifa
Commander of the National Guard	Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa (brother of King Hamad)
National Guard Staff Director	Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al Khalifa
Commander of the Royal Bahraini Air Force	Hamad bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Director of the National Security Agency	Khalifa bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
Chief of the Information Affairs Authority	Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa (2010-present)[4]
Ambassador to London	Khalifa bin Ali bin Rashid Al Khalifa
Commander of the Royal Guard	Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)
Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs	Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa
Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport	Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)
First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport	Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)
Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sport	Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa
President of the Bahrain Olympic Committee	Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)
Secretary General of the Bahrain Olympic Committee	Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)
CEO of the Bahrain Olympic Committee	Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa
President of the Bahrain Royal Equestrian and Endurance Federation	Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa (son of King Hamad)

Other notable members

• Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, crown prince and chief of the Bahrain Defence Force.
• Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, prime minister of Bahrain (11 November 2020 -Present ),
• Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, prominent Bahraini artist and patron of the arts.
• Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa, brother of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Hakim, 1961–1971; Emir, 1971–1999) and Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (prime minister since 1971).
• Mai Al Khalifa, culture minister.

References

1. The year the family settled in Zubarah
2. "History of the Ruling Family of Bahrain". Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
3. Bahrain Shia demand cabinet change, 5 March 2010
4. "International: Ghostwriter for the Arab Leader". onlinedigeditions.com.