Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa

Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Isa bin Salman in 1998
Emir of Bahrain
Reign	16 August 1971 – 6 March 1999
Predecessor	Position established Himself (as Hakim)
Successor	Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime Minister	Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Hakim of Bahrain
Reign	2 November 1961 – 16 August 1971
Coronation	16 December 1961
Predecessor	Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Successor	Position abolished Himself (as Emir)
Prime Minister	Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Born	(1933-06-03)3 June 1933 Jasra, Bahrain[a]
Died	6 March 1999(1999-03-06) (aged 65) Manama, Bahrain[b]
Burial	Al Rifa'a Cemetery
Spouse	Hessa bint Salman Al Khalifa ​ ​ (m. 1949)​
Issue	Hamad Sheikh Rashid Sheikh Mohammed Sheikh Abdullah Sheikh Ali Sheikha Muneera Sheikha Maryam Sheikha Shaikha Sheikha Noora
House	Khalifa
Father	Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Mother	Moza bint Hamad Al Khalifa
Religion	Sunni Islam

Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Arabic: عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة; 3 June 1933 – 6 March 1999) was a Bahraini royal who served as the first Emir of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999 (after having previously ruled as Hakim of Bahrain until 16 August 1971).

Born in Jasra, Bahrain, he became emir upon the death of his father, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
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