Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani
Zayani in 2019
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 February 2020
MonarchHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime MinisterSalman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
Preceded byKhalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa
Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council
In office
1 April 2011 – 1 April 2020
Preceded byAbdul Rahman bin Hamad Al Attiyah
Succeeded byNayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf
Personal details
Born (1954-04-15) April 15, 1954 (age 70)
Muharraq, Kingdom of Bahrain
Alma materRoyal Military Academy Sandhurst
Occupation
  • Military officer
  • Aeronautical engineer
Military service
Allegiance Bahrain
Branch/service Royal Bahraini Army
Years of service1973–2010
RankLieutenant General
The president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Jerusalem, November 2020

Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (Arabic: عبداللطيف بن راشد الزياني, English pronunciationⓘ) (born 15 April 1954) is a Bahraini engineer and retired lieutenant general. He is the foreign minister, having formerly been the secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) from 1 April 2011 to February 2020.[1] He was the fifth GCC secretary general and the first with military background since the GCC was established.

  1. ^ "People". GULF Research Center. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2012.