The Kingdom of Bahrain is a borderless island country which is located in the Persian Gulf. It is the smallest Arab nation. Government of Bahrain takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy. In the constitutional monarchy Government of Bahrain , the king appoints an executive and a bi-cameral legislature with the Chamber of Deputies. The lower house of the legislature or the National Assembly of Bahrain is known as the Chamber of Deputies which have 40 members. All the deputies of the Chamber of Deputies are elected in single-seat constituencies by universal suffrage and the Shura Council and appointed directly by the Bahrain king. The upper house of the National Assembly is known as the Shura Council which also has 40 members appointed by the King of Bahrain. Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa is the current executive of Bahrain government.
The head of the Bahrain government is Prime Minister Khalifa bin Sulman Al Khalifa, and the Crown Prince of Bahrain government is Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, who functions as Commander of the Bahrain Defense Forces. MP Khalifa Al Dhahrani is the Speaker of Bahrain Parliament. |
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