Mohammed bin Khalifa bin Ahmed

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Al Khalifa graduated with a Bachelor of Science with honors in electronics from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals and went on to earn a postgraduate diploma from Cambridge University, a master's degree from Imperial College London, and a Master of Business Administration from Depaul University in Chicago.

In 1999, Al Khalifa joined the Ministry of Finance & National Economy. In 2005, he was promoted to become Director of the Pensions Department. As an employee of the Ministry, he worked on major privatization projects for power stations, Seef Properties, and the Muharraq wastewater treatment plant. In 2011, he was appointed CEO of the nogaholding. In July 2015, he was appointed Chairman of the Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco). On July 16, 2019, as Minister of Oil and Gas, he relinquished the chairmanship and appointed Dr. Dawood Nassif in his place.{{cite news |title=في قرار لوزير النفط ..إعادة تشكيل مجلس إدارة "بابكو" برئاسة د. داود نصيف |url=https://alwatannews.net/article/837604/Business/%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B7-%D8%A5%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%83%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A6%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9-%D8%AF-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AF-%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%81 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Al-Watan (Bahrain) |date=July 16, 2019}}

Previously, Al Khalifa had been a member of the Boards of Directors of the Bahrain National Gas Company, Aluminum Bahrain, and the Pearl Tourism Company. He is currently a member of the nogaholding and Central Bank of Bahrain Boards.

On June 5, 2016, amid a limited cabinet reshuffle, Al Khalifa was appointed Minister of Oil and Gas, succeeding Abdulhussain bin Ali Mirza, who was thus demoted from Minister of Energy overseeing that and electricity and water supply to just Minister of Electricity and Water Affairs. Highlights of his tenure so far on the construction side include preliminary work on expanding the oil refinery on the island of Sitra{{cite news |title=رويترز: وزير نفط البحرين يتوقع تلقي عروض توسعة مصفاة بنهاية السنة |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/33895.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=September 27, 2016}} and finishing a new 350,000-barrel pipeline to carry enhanced production to Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, studies are being conducted on extending existing pipelines, increasing production through the Khuff gas field,{{cite news |title=وزير: استكمال خط نفط بحريني يصل للسعودية في 2018 وبحث مد خط للغاز - رويترز |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/42136.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=October 11, 2017}} lifting tariffs on oil derivatives,{{cite news |title=هذه أسعار الوقود الجديدة في البحرين بعد التعديلات |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/aswaq/oil-and-gas/2018/01/08/%D9%87%D8%B0%D9%87-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%82%D9%88%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Al Arabiya |date=January 8, 2018}}{{cite news |title=هذه أسعار الوقود الجديدة في البحرين بعد التعديلات |url=https://www.alayam.com/online/local/703197/News.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Al Ayam (Bahrain) |date=January 8, 2018}} exempting land transport and petroleum products from value-added tax,{{cite news |title=إعفاء النقل البري والمنتجات النفطية من ضريبة القيمة المضافة |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/51748.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=December 26, 2018}} and signing a $300 million deal with the Saudi Fund for Development for local oil and gas projects.{{cite news |title=صندوق التنمية السعودي يموّل مشروعات نفط وغاز في البحرين بـ 300 مليون دولار |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/53247.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=March 21, 2019}}

His younger brother is Abdullah bin Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Batelco;{{cite news |title=تعيين عبدالله بن خليفة رئيسا لمجلس إدارة شركة بتلكو |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/47446.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=June 5, 2018}} his father is Field Marshal Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Commander-in-Chief of the Bahrain Defence Force; and his uncle is Khalid bin Ahmed bin Salman Al Khalifa, Minister of the Royal Court. The latter two are considered patriarchs of the Al Khawalid branch that has taken over power from the late Prime Minister of Bahrain Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.{{cite news |title=ماذا وراء تعيين "نجل المشير" وزيراً للنفط؟ |url=http://www.bahrainmirror.info/news/31544.html |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Bahrain Mirror |date=June 4, 2016}}

• Order of Merit, First Class (2013){{cite news |title=أمر ملكي رقم (53) لسنة 2013 بمنح أوسمة |url=http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/50653.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscJUAh5wTFxPQnjc67hw+cd53dCDU8XkwhyDqZn9xoYKjxsrzeDcPVo92U+AooyflmPMponJ8FuxbQ== |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Government of Bahrain |date=December 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109222625/http://www.legalaffairs.gov.bh/50653.aspx?cms=q8FmFJgiscJUAh5wTFxPQnjc67hw+cd53dCDU8XkwhyDqZn9xoYKjxsrzeDcPVo92U+AooyflmPMponJ8FuxbQ==#.XheomFX7SUk |archive-date=January 9, 2020}}

• National Oil & Gas Authority

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• [http://www.noga.gov.bh/noga/default.aspx Ministry of Oil & Gas (official website)]

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Category:Living people

Mohammed Khalifa Ahmed

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