Isa bin Muhammad Al Khalifa ( ar, عيسى بن محمد آل خليفة; November 25, 1938, in

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– August 13, 2015) was an Bahraini lawyer, judge, and minister. An uncle of

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Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa ( ar, حمد بن عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة '; 28 January 1950) is King of Bahrain since 14 February 2002, after ruling as Emir of Bahrain from 6 March 1999. He is the son of Isa bin Salm ...

, Isa bin Muhammad directed the

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, the Bahraini branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, from 1963 until his death.

Career

Born in Muharraq, Al Khalifa graduated from Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Boys School in 1950, then obtained his high school diploma from Helwan Technical Vocational Secondary School in 1956. He earned a

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in Law from

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in 1962.

Death

Al Khalifa died after returning from medical treatment abroad on August 13, 2015, at the age of 77, and was buried on August 15, 2015, in Hunainiyah Cemetery in Riffa, Bahrain.

References

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