General elections were held in Bahrain in November and December 2006 to elect the forty members of the Council of Representatives. The first round of voting was held on 25 November, with a second roun
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Election meeting for Wa'ad candidate Ibrahim Sharif
Opposition leaders at Wa'ad election meeting. Ali Salman on the left end of the table, Munira Fakhro on the right
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa is King of Bahrain, having reigned since 2002, and was previously Emir of Bahrain since 1999.
2006 Bahraini general election
…The party wants to see the Supreme Judiciary Council elected by all the judges in the country instead of being appointed by its Supreme Chairman King Hamad. Al Wefaq candidate Sayed Haidar Al Sitri has proposed that the elected president of the council should be independent ensure and neither influenced…
Hamad in 2025
Hamad in military uniform in the 1980s
Hamad with Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf during the Gulf War
Hamad in 2001 with Donald Rumsfeld