Back آل خليفة Arabic Al Jalifa AST Аль-Халіфа Byelorussian আলে খলিফা Bengali/Bangla Al Khalifa Catalan Ál Chalífa Czech Huset Khalifa Danish Al Chalifa German Οίκος των Χαλίφα Greek House of Khalifa English
| 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.
- ↑ The year the family settled in Zubarah
- ↑ "History of the Ruling Family of Bahrain". Archived from the original on 2010-11-10. Retrieved 2012-05-20.
- ↑ Bahrain Shia demand cabinet change, 5 March 2010