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Emir/King of Bahrain since 1999
Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa is King of Bahrain, having reigned since 2002, and was previously Emir of Bahrain since 1999.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa was born on 28 January 1950 in Riffa, Bahrain. His parents were Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, then Crown Prince, and Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa. After attending Manama secondary school in Bahrain, Hamad was sent to England to attend Applegarth College in Godalming, Surrey before enrolling at The Leys School in Cambridge. Hamad then underwent military training, first with the British Army at Mons Officer Cadet School at Aldershot in Hampshire, graduating in September 1968. Four years later, in June 1972, Hamad attended the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth in Kansas, graduating the following June with a degree in leadership.
Hamad has four wives and has had in total twelve children: seven sons and five daughters.
He married his first wife (also his first cousin), Sheikha Sabika bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa, at Rifa'a on 9 October 1968. She is Bahraini and together they have three sons and one daughter: Sheikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Crown Prince of Bahrain (born 21 October 1969) Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (born 30 June 1975) Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 4 June 1977) Sheikha Najla bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 20 May 1981) His second wife, Sheikha Sheia bint Hassan Al Khrayyesh Al Ajmi is from Kuwait. Together they have two sons: Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 8 May 1987) Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 23 September 1989) His third wife, Sheikha Hessa bint Faisal bin Muhammad bin Shuraim Al Marri, with whom he has one son and two daughters: Sheikha Munira bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 15 July 1990) Sheikh Faisal bin Hamad Al Khalifa (12 February 1991 – 12 January 2006), died in a car accident. Sheikha Noura bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 6 November 1993) His fourth wife, Sheikha Manal bint Jabor Al Naimi, with whom he has one son and two daughters: Sheikh Sultan bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1997) Sheikha Hessa bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 2000) Sheikha Reema bint Hamad Al Khalifa (born 2002)
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