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The Crown Prince of Bahrain as Prime Minister
Hours after the death of Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa at the age of 84, the Bahraini monarch, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, appointed his son, the crown prince, on Wednesday to head the Council of Ministers.
The death of one of the most powerful men in the small Gulf kingdom, since its independence in 1971, and the selection of the Crown Prince, Salman bin Hamad bin Isa, as head of executive authority, came at a time when diplomacy Bahrain is in a phase of change with the normalization of relations with Israel.
The government news agency stated that the Prime Minister died in a hospital in the United States where he was receiving treatment for health problems, provided that the funeral takes place after the arrival of his body in his country and that it is “limited to a number family members ”, in light of the measures adopted to prevent HIV. The new Crown.
The king of Bahrain ordered the official announcement of mourning for a week, with flags at half mast and the suspension of work in government departments for a period of three days, starting Thursday.
And according to what was published by the official Bahrain news agency, it was decided “to assign the crown prince, the supreme deputy commander, Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, to head the Council of Ministers.”
The Gulf kingdom, Saudi Arabia’s neighbor, has experienced intermittent unrest since 2011, when the security services launched an offensive against participants in mass demonstrations led by Shiites demanding a constitutional monarchy.
