Sheikh Khaled Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa

Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (born 24 April 1960) is a Bahraini diplomat who has served as Bahrain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2005. Sheikh Khalid is only the second foreign minister in Bahrain’s history. In 1985, Khalid bin Ahmed joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the rank of third secretary, on 1 March 1985. Between August 1985 and November 1994 he worked at Bahrain’s embassy in Washington, D.C. where he was in charge of the political, congressional and media affairs.

From June 1995 to August 2000 he worked as a chief liaison officer at the office of the deputy prime minister, minister of foreign affairs; responsible for the maritime delimitation and territorial dispute between Bahrain and Qatar, in addition to other tasks. In August 2000, he assumed the position of the director of public relations and information at the court of the Crown Prince.

He was Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2001 to 2005 and was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs in a September 2005 cabinet reshuffle. His predecessor as foreign minister, Muhammad ibn Mubarak ibn Hamad Al Khalifah, had served in that position for over 30 years. His deputy until 2011 was Nazar Al Baharna, formerly a leading member of Al Wefaq, Bahrain’s main Shia opposition party.