Hala bint D'aij Al Khalifa | |
Birth Place: | Bahrain |
Death Date: | 10 June 2018 |
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House: | Khalifa |
Father: | Duaij bin Khalifa Al Khalifa |
Mother: | Sheikha Aisha |
Shaikha Hala bint D'aij Al Khalifa (Arabic: هالة بنت دعيج آل خليفة, died 10 June 2018) was the former wife of Prince Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister, until 2005. Hala was the youngest daughter of D'aij bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, the Assistant Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Finance & National Economy. She was the Honorary President of the Information Centre for Women & Children, and Chair of the Bahrain Society for Mental Retardation.
Hala and Salman had two sons and two daughters:
Her eldest son, Isa is second in line to the throne after his father. She died on 10 June 2018.[2] [3]
As a campaigner for human rights, Hala launched the "Be Free" campaign on the 19 March 2002 to protect children from abuse.[4]