Bahrain's long-serving prime minister dies at age 84
LA TimesBahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Khalifa, who was one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers, led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died Wednesday. Prince Khalifa was born into the Khalifa dynasty that for more than two centuries has ruled Bahrain, an island in the Persian Gulf whose name in Arabic means “two seas.” The son of Bahrain’s former ruler, Sheik Salman bin Hamed Khalifa, who ruled from 1942 to 1961, the prince learned governance at his father’s side as the island remained a British protectorate. Prince Khalifa’s brother, Sheik Isa bin Salman Khalifa, took power in 1961 and served as monarch when Bahrain gained its independence from Britain in 1971. Protesters also took to waving one-dinar notes over allegations Prince Khalifa bought the land on which Bahrain’s Financial Harbor development sits for just a single Bahraini dinar.
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