World’s Longest-Serving PM, Al-Khalifa Is Dead

World longest-serving prime minister, Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, died on Wednesday at the age of 84.

Khalifa had held the post since independence in 1971.

“The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness… who passed away this morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of America.”

Bahrain News Agency noted that the country would enter a week of official mourning.

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