Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa

Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa

Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain
In office	November 2010 – present
Monarch	King Hamad
Minister of Housing
In office	1975 – 1995
Monarch	Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa

House	Al Khalifa
Father	Abdullah bin Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa

Styles of Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa

Reference style	His Excellency
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Alternative style	Sheikh

His full name is Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah bin Khalid bin Ali bin Khalifa bin Salman bin Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa. Born in 1944 in the northern city of Muharraq, he was named after his grandfather, Sheikh Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa (1853–1925). Khalid bin Abdullah is the second of four sons of Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa and his wife Sheikha Hessa bint Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, both now deceased. Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid chaired the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs from its establishment in 2005 until his death in 2018.^[1] He also held ministerial positions such as Deputy Prime Minister of Bahrain and Minister of Islamic Affairs (2002–2006).

Sheikh Khalid bin Abdullah’s brothers include the following, ranked from eldest to youngest:

Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Khalid, a physician and lieutenant general in the military, Ministry of Defense from 2006 to 2010 and current Chairman of the Supreme Council of Health
Ali bin Abdullah bin Khalid (died August 2009),^[2] also a doctor, and his son is Sheikh Khalid bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa, current Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Endowments
Ibrahim, a retired engineer who worked on King Fahd Causeway linking the island with Saudi Arabia, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

Khalifa worked as a roads engineer in the directorate of works in 1966.^[7] He became the director of public works in 1971. From 1975 to 1995 he served as the minister of housing,^[8] being the first housing minister of the country.^[9]

In 1979, he founded Bahrain Housing Bank and headed it until 2002.^[8] In addition, he was the chairman of the central municipal council from 1987 to 1995.^[7] He was named minister of housing, municipalities and environment in 1995 and in office until 2001.^[8] In 2001, Khalifa was appointed minister of housing and agriculture and served in the post until 2002.^[7]

He was appointed deputy prime minister for Islamic affairs in November 2010.^[8]^[10]^[11] He was also the CEO of Bahrain Committee and chairman of Mumtalakat Holding Company.^[12]^[13]

Committee memberships

Member, Ministerial Committee for Development and Infrastructure Projects^[14]
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Financial and Economic Affairs^[14]
Member, Supreme Planning Committee for 2011–2014 government sessions
Chairman of the Board, Quality Assurance Authority for Education and Training^[15]
Member, Ministerial Committee for Study of Parliamentary Investigation Errors
Member, Planning and Coordination Council
Member, Founding Committee of Beit Al Quran Museum
Member, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports^[16]
Member, Supreme Council for Traffic
Member, Study Committee on Municipal Government
Member, Supreme Drafting Committee for the National Action Charter
Member, Committee on Constitutional Amendments
Member, Housing and Construction Committee^[17]
Chairman, Bahraini Section, Joint Ministerial Technical Committee for Construction of the Qatar–Bahrain Causeway
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Public Utilities, Cabinet
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Study of Pension Funding for the General Organization for Social Insurance and Pension Fund Authority
Member, Ministerial Committee for Shura Council and Parliament Affairs
Deputy Chairman, Review Committee for the National Strategic Structural Plan for the Kingdom^[18]
Chairman, Pearl Diving Council^[19]
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Study of the Needs of Returnees from Abroad
Founding member, Bahrain Society of Engineers^[20]
Chairman, Water Resources Council^[21]
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Development and Infrastructure Projects
Chairman, Ministerial Committee for Financial Affairs and Rationalising Expenditure
Member, Bahrain Economic Development Board^[22]
Member of the Coordinating Committee Headed by Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Chairman of the Board, Mumtalakat Holding Company^[23]
Chairman, Gulf Air^[24]
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Isa Award for Services to Humanity^[14]^[25]
Vice-President, Civil Service Bureau^[26]
Chairman, High Committee for the Development of the Hawar Islands
Member, Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology^[14]^[27]
Member since 1981, Royal Family Council^[28]

Achievements

Awards

In 1999, he was awarded the Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Medal, First Class, by then-Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa^[29]

Ministry of Housing

Oversaw the completion of Isa Town, whose construction had started in 1963
Commissioned the Ministry slogan: توفير مسكن لائق لكل أسرة بحرينية لا تملك ولا تستطيع بناء مسكن لها (“Providing decent housing for every Bahraini family who doesn’t own and cannot build a home”)
Planned out Hamad Town and many residential projects elsewhere, along with general redevelopment throughout the country, including many old city centers

Central Municipal Council

Concentrated on administrative and technical training and environmental issues; established parks; developed beaches, tourist islands, and central markets; promoted computerization

Environmental affairs

Restored in Tubli Bay and prevented dumping there; protected Hawar Islands and surrounding waters; performed environmental assessments and formulated procedures for control on ozone-depleting substances; regulated asbestos handling in construction
Approved a national oil pollution control plan and national standards on environmental assessment of industrial/development projects, medical waste, occupational health, and the pottery industry
Monitored air quality, red tide, marine ecology, and fluoride concentrations
Addressed pollution from mechanics’ garages, gold and aluminum smelting, exhaust, nylon bags, and marine sand washing

Events

Sheikh Khalid sponsored many local events in the engineering, environmental, construction, real estate, energy, housing, government, and infrastructure fields, and represented Bahrain in international forums such as the following:

Headed national delegation to the 19th special session of the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the Environment in 1997
Headed national delegation at the 25th special session of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements in 2002
Headed national government and business delegation to Egypt that met with its then Interim President Adly Mansour^[30] and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Defense Minister Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in 2013^[31]
Represented Bahrain at the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in Shanghai in 2014^[32]
Represented Bahrain at the international solidarity march against terrorism called by the President of Tunisia in response to the Bardo National Museum attack in March 2015^[33]
Represented Bahrain at the last inauguration ceremony of President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir^[34]

Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa

Family

Personal life

Education

Career