Marriage and Children
Sheikh Abdullah is married to Sheikha Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa. She was member of the Supreme Council for Women between 2001 and 2004, is Permanent Member of the Board since 2004, Executive Director of Jazz Bahrain since 2005, Member of Suzanne Mubarak Women’s International Peace Movement, and Member of Young Arab Leaders of Bahrain. Together they have five children, three sons and two daughters:
- Sheikh Isa bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 1999)
- Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa
- Sheikh Salman bin Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa
- Sheikha Noora bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa (born 2000)
- Sheikha Hessa bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Khalifa
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