VOL. XLII

No. 23

7-June-1999

BAHRAIN

Few Changes In New Bahraini Cabinet

A new government was formed in Bahrain on 31 May with onlyminor changes in the cabinet portfolios. Shaikh Khalifah bin Salman Al Khalifahremains as Prime Minister and Shaikh 'Isa bin 'Ali Al Khalifah continues in hispost as Minister of Oil and Industry. The portfolio of Foreign Ministercontinues to be held by Shaikh Muhammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifah. The Ministerof State is now Majid Jawad al-Jishi, who was previously the...