Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifa
| Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa خليفة بن سلمان آل خليفة |
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24 November 1935 Bahrain |
| Spouse(s) | Hessa bint Ali Al Khalifa |
| Children | 4 |
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| Prime Minister of Bahrain | |
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Assumed office 10 January 1970 |
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| Monarch |
Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa |
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Jawad Al-Arrayedh Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa |
| Preceded by | Position established |
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| Religion | Islam |
| House | House of Khalifa |
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Styles of Khalifa bin Salman |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Prince |
Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (Arabic: خليفة بن سلمان آل خليفة) (born 24 November 1935) has been the Prime Minister of Bahrain from 1970, taking office nearly two years before Bahrain's independence on 15 August 1971. He is the longest-serving current prime minister in the world. He still retains his post, although under the 2002 Constitution he has lost some of his powers, with the King having the authority to appoint and (along with the Bahraini parliament) dismiss ministers. He is the paternal uncle of the reigning King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.
Prince Khalifa was born in Bahrain, the second son of Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, Hakim of Bahrain, and wife Mouza bint Hamad Al Khalifa. He was educated at Manama High School and Rifa’a Palace School in Bahrain.
Prince Khalifa was a member of the education council from 1956 to 1957 and chair between 1957 and 1960. Next he became the director of the finance department (1960–1966), president of the electricity board (1961), chair Manama municipality (1962–1967), head of the Bahrain monetary council (1965), chair of the joint committee for economic and financial studies, committee for the register of commerce, administry council (1967–1970), Bahrain monetary agency, president of the state council (1970–1973), head of the state council (1970) and head of the supreme defence council (1978).
Prince Khalifa was appointed as prime minister by his brother Emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, in 1971. Therefore, he was assigned the control of government and economy, while his brother, the Emir, involved in diplomatic and ceremonial affairs.
In 2011, reporter Bill Law stated that Prince Khalifa is hardliner, whereas Crown Prince Salman is reformer and the King is somewhere in the middle of them.
Prince Khalifa married his cousin Sheikha Hessa bint Ali Al Khalifa, the fourth daughter of Ali bin Hamad Al Khalifa in Muharraq. They had three sons and one daughter:
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