After ruling for 49yrs, Bahrain PM, Khalifa bin Salman dies in office

Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, who served as Bahrain’s prime minister since 1971, is dead at the age of 84.

According to the BNA News Agency, he died at the Mayo Clinic hospital in the U.S state of Minnesota.

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Khalifa took office a day after Bahrain declared independence from Britain, in August 1971.