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|name=   Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Rashid al-Khalifa
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|office=[[Bahraini ambassador to the United States]]
|term_start= {{dts|2013|12|03}}
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|predecessor = [[Houda Nonoo]]
|successor = [[Abdullah Bin Rashid Al Khalifa]]

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|birth_place= [[Manama]]
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'''Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Rashid Al Khalifa''' (born 1960) is a [[Bahrain]]i 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 {{dts|2013|11|23}} he was appointed ambassador in [[Washington, D.C.]] where he presented his credentials on {{dts|2013|12|03}}.

==Decorations==
* Freedom of Kuwait Medals (He received two of them.)
* Long Services Medal
* Hawar Medal
*Freedom of Iraq Medal<ref>''[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bahrain)]]'', [http://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=7631],[http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/bahrains-ambassador-to-the-united-states-who-is-abdullah-bin-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-khalifa-140704?news=853589 cv][https://www.washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2447&Itemid=49]</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1960 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of Bahrain to the United States]]
[[Category:Bahraini military personnel]]