Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Rashed Al Khalifa

Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Khalifa (born 1960) is a Bahraini member of the House of Khalifa and between 2013 and 2017 was Bahraini Ambassador in Washington, D.C. The current Ambassador is Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa

Career

 * In 1988 he entered the Royal Bahraini Air Force and was trained as a fighter pilot.
 * He flew the Northrop F-5 and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
 * In 1990 he received the best fighter pilot award from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell.
 * From 1990 to 1991 he participated in the Gulf War.
 * From 1997 to 2003 he earned a Bachelor's Degree and an MBA from Bentley University.
 * From 2003 to 2005, during the Iraq War he was mission commander flying over Kuwait.
 * He participated in 25 military and leadership courses in the Kingdom of Bahrain, Kuwait, the United States and the United Kingdom.
 * From 2005 to 2013 he was defense, military, naval and air attaché in Washington, D. C. and nonresidential in Ottawa (Canada).
 * In March 2013 he was head of the Bahraini delegation at the final United Nations Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty in New York.
 * In 2013 his rank was raised from lieutenant to colonel.
 * On 2013-11-23 he was appointed ambassador in Washington, D.C. where he presented his credentials on 2013-12-03.

Decorations

 * Freedom of Kuwait Medals (He received two of them.)
 * Long Services Medal
 * Hawar Medal
 * Freedom of Iraq Medal