Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa is King of Bahrain. He has been the monarch of Bahrain since 6 March 1999, initially reigning as emir, and from 14 February 2002, as the first king. Hamad was commissioned into the Bahrain National Guard on 16 February 1968 and appointed as its commander the same year.
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Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa is King of Bahrain. He has been the monarch of Bahrain since 6 March 1999, initially reigning as emir, and from 14 February 2002, as the first king. Hamad was commissioned into the Bahrain National Guard on 16 February 1968 and appointed as its commander the same year. He then worked to establish the Bahrain Amiri Air Force, which came into being in 1987 when the defence force air wing was reconstituted as an air force. He enjoys wide executive authorities which include appointing the prime minister and his ministers, commanding the army, chairing the Higher Judicial Council, appointing the parliament’s upper half and dissolving its elected lower half. In October 2010, Hamad’s government accused 24 Shi’ite Bahraini citizens of forming a terrorist cell linked to Iran and trained in Syria intending to overthrow the regime, and for planning terrorist attacks.
On February 2011, the tenth anniversary of the writing of the Constitution, Bahrain was rocked by protests inspired by the Arab Spring and co-ordinated by a Facebook page named \”Day of Rage in Bahrain\”, a page that was liked by tens of thousands. Later on that year, demonstrators demanded that Hamad step down as a result of a crackdown on demonstrators that caused anger and violations of human rights. The Bahraini government responded with what has been described as a massive crackdown, classified as a classified Foreign Policy Magazine classified him as a’militant dictator’ The King succeeded in improving the living standards and in making Bahrain a financial hub. He also brought several political reforms to Bahrain, including the release of all political prisoners, the dissolution of the State Security Court and the abolition of the 1974 Decree on State Security Measures.
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