Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman’s family

The Bahraini premier has one wife, Sheikha Hessa Bint Ali Al-Khalifa. They had three sons and one daughter. Eldest son Mohammed died aged 22 in 1974. His next son Sheikh Ali was a long-running transport minister and remains deputy prime minister. Ali has substantial business interests, including a stake in The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Bahrain. Married to Sheikha Zain Bint Khalid Al-Khalifa, he has three sons (Ali, Isa and Khalid) and a daughter (Minwa). The next son is the low-profile Sheikh Salman, a director of United International Agencies Group (Unitag), one of his father’s preferred business people.