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Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

b. 1950 · 20th century

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (born 1950) is the king of Bahrain. He succeeded his father, Isa bin Salman, as emir in 1999, and after a referendum on the National Action Charter proclaimed Bahrain a kingdom and himself king in 2002, restoring an elected parliament. In 2011 his government suppressed mass protests by the largely Shia opposition with the help of Saudi and Emirati forces.

Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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State of Bahrain

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