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
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 |
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]