Minister of Foreign Affairs

1988

Command and General Staff course, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, and received the sword of honor along with the title of Master Logistician from the US Army

1986

PhD in Operations Research from the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

1980

Master's Degree in Logistics Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio

1978

Graduate of the Aeronautical Engineering program, Perth Scotland

1973

Received his Commission as an officer within the Bahrain Defence Force, following graduation from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in UK

A Journey of Diplomacy

• Appointed as the Minister of Foreign Affairs on February 11, 2020.
• Served as Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf from 2011 to 2020

Experience In Bahrain Defence Force

• Served in the 1st Royal Mechanized Battalion, the Royal Air Defence, and the Royal Bahraini Air Force.
• Director of Planning and Organizations.
• Director of Joint Operations.
• Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations in charge of joint operations, plans, training, force development, and command and control.
• Transferred from the Bahrain Defence Force to the Ministry of the Interior to take up the appointment of the Chief of Public Security (2nd June 2004).

Experience in Ministry of the Inteior

• Appointed as The Chief of Public Security in 2004
• Responsible for commanding and for modernizing the Police Force, Special Forces, the Coastguard and the Civil Defence and Fire Service
• Responsible for all aspects of security and safety within the Kingdom, including:
  • Operational Policing
  • Counter terrorism and civil disorder.
  • Coordination of All aspects of Crisis, Consequence and Disaster Management.
  • Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General in 2010.

Experience in Teaching

• Professor in "Mathematics and Statistics" at the University of Maryland, Bahrain.
• Professor in " Quantitative Methods" at the University of Bahrain
• Taught statistics, quantitative methods and total quality management at the Arabian Gulf University and supervised many students there as partial fulfillment for Master's of Science in Technology Management.

Experience in Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• Appointed Adviser of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the rank of Minister on 10th June 2010.
• Chairman of the Joint Steering Committee between the kingdom of Bahrain and the United Kingdom.
• Chairman of the Development and Regulation committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.