Khalifa Ahmed Al Bin Ali
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Khalifa Ahmed Al Bin Ali (1936–2006), was one of the leading, principal, and most important men of the Al Bin Ali
Al Bin Ali
The Al Bin Ali آل بن علي is a Sunni Arab clan of the Utub tribe based in some Arab states of the Persian Gulf, especially Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, and the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia....

 tribe in Bahrain during the early 1970s throughout the early 2000s.

Biography

Khalifa Ahmed Al Bin Ali was born in the town of Hidd on Muharraq
Muharraq
Muharraq , is Bahrain's third largest city, and served as its capital until 1923. The city is located on Muharraq Island and has long been a centre of religiosity...

 Island in the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1936. He graduated from Rabat University in Morocco and obtained an L.L.B. He was a former lawyer since 1963. Nine years Later, he was elected as a member in the Constitutional Assembly of Bahrain 1972-1973 that ratified the Constitution of the Kingdom of Bahrain ( State of Bahrain back then) also known as Constitution 73. He was also elected a member of the National Assembly of Bahrain 1973-1975, also known as Parliament 73, as well as serving as the Vice-President of the National Assembly. In 1986, he as appointed by decree no. 5 of 1986 by the Cabinet affairs in the Kingdom of Bahrain ( known as "State of Bahrain" back then) as a member in the Sunni Wakf department which was subject to the Ministry of Justice and Islamic Affairs, his period in the Sunni Wakf was from 1986–1992, which was headed back then by Shaikh Daij bin Hamad bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa. Khalifa Al-Binali was also a member of the financial committee as well as the rental committee in the Suni Wakf, in which he was an active member, and that resulted in him creating the contracts for the rental income of the Sunni Wakf Later in Late 1992, he was appointed by the Late Amir Shaikh Isa Bin Sulman Al-Khalifa as a member of the Consultative Council of Bahrain
Consultative Council of Bahrain
The Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....

 as well as being the Head of the Legal Commitee during all three sessions: 1992-1996, 1996-2000, 2000-2002. In 2000, he was elected by the Amir of Bahrain as a member of the Supreme National Committee which was chosen by the Amir to prepare the National Action Charter of Bahrain
National Action Charter of Bahrain
The National Action Charter of Bahrain is a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s Uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was approved in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in...

, which was a document put forward by King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain in 2001 in order to end the popular 1990s uprising and return the country to constitutional rule. It was accepted in a national referendum in 2001, in which 98.4% of the voters voted in favor of the document. In 2003, he was appointed by King of Bahrain
King of Bahrain
The King of Bahrain ‎ is the monarch and head of state of Bahrain. Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of Hakim, and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of Emir...

 Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa as a member ( Judge) of the Constitutional Court for a period of six years.

Expectations that did not occur

Some reliable sources assert that the Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...

 of Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...

 expected Khalifa Ahmed Al-Binali to run as a candidate in the 2002 Bahrain Council of Representatives and eventually become the speaker of the Council of Representatives instead of Khalifa Al-Dhahrani due to his wide experience as a lawyer, one of the founders of the 1973 constitution, vice-president of parliament of 73 ,head of the legal committee during the Consultative Council of Bahrain
Consultative Council of Bahrain
The Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....

 1992-2002, as well as being an active member of the Supreme National Committee for the National Charter of Bahrain (Al-Meethak), but due to his illness in early 2002 those expectations did not occur.

Death

He died on 21 September 2006 and was buried in his hometown of Hidd on Muharraq
Muharraq
Muharraq , is Bahrain's third largest city, and served as its capital until 1923. The city is located on Muharraq Island and has long been a centre of religiosity...

 island.

See also

  • Full text of the National Action Charter of Bahrain
  • Constitution of Bahrain
    Constitution of Bahrain
    Bahrain has had two constitutions in its modern history. The first one was promulgated in 1973, and the second one in 2002.-Constitution of 1973:* Full text of the 1973 constitution...

  • History of Bahrain
    History of Bahrain
    Bahrain is a island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts from ancient times...

  • National Assembly of Bahrain
    National Assembly of Bahrain
    The National Assembly is the name of both chambers of the Bahraini parliament when sitting in joint session, as laid out in the Constitution of 2002....

  • Consultative Council of Bahrain
    Consultative Council of Bahrain
    The Consultative Council is the name given to the upper house of the National Assembly, the main legislative body of Bahrain....

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