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Hauptstadt
Name: Manama
geographische Koordinaten: 26 14 N, 50 34 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+3 (8 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: name derives from the Arabic "al-manama" meaning "place of rest" or "place of dreams"
Unabhängigkeit
15 August 1971 (from the UK)
Nationalfeiertag
National Day, 16 Dezember (1971); note - 15 August 1971 was the date of independence from the UK, 16 Dezember 1971 was the date of independence from British protection
Konstitution
history: adopted 14 Februar 2002
amendments: proposed by the king or by at least 15 members of either chamber of the National Assembly followed by submission to an Assembly committee for review and, if approved, submitted to the government for restatement as drafts; passage requires a two-thirds majority vote by the membership of both chambers and validation by the king; constitutional articles on the state religion (Islam), state language (Arabic), and the monarchy and "inherited rule" cannot be amended; amended 2012, 2017 (2017)
Wahlrecht
20 Jahre; universal
Exekutive
Staatsoberhaupt: King HAMAD bin Isa Al-Khalifa (seit dem 6 March 1999); Crown Prince SALMAN bin Hamad Al-Khalifa (son of the monarch, born 21 October 1969)
Regierungschef: Prime Minister KHALIFA bin Salman Al-Khalifa (seit dem 1971); First Deputy Prime Minister SALMAN bin Hamad Al- Khalifa (seit dem 11 March 2013); Deputy Prime Ministers MUHAMMAD bin Mubarak Al-Khalifa (seit dem September 2005), Jawad bin Salim al-ARAIDH, ALI bin Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa (seit dem 11 December 2006), KHALID bin Abdallah Al-Khalifa (seit dem November 2010)
cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the monarch
elections/appointments: the monarchy is hereditary; prime minister appointed by the monarch

Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019