Hussain Al Baharna

Hussain Al Baharna
Hussain Al Baharna
حسين البحارنة
	Al Baharna in 2016
Born	Hussain Mohammed Al Baharna; 5 December 1932; Bahrain
Died	29 June 2025 (aged 92)
Education	PhD in Public International Law (University of Cambridge); Diploma of Hague Academy of International Law; Postgraduate Diploma in Law (University of London); Barrister-at-Law (Lincoln's Inn); Bachelor of Laws (University of Baghdad);
Occupations	Politician; lawyer;
Years active	Legal Adviser for Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1962–64); Legal Adviser and Analyst for Aramco (1965–68); Legal Adviser for Bahrain's Department of Foreign Affairs (1969–70); President of Legal Committee in Bahrain's Council of State (1970–71); Bahrain's Minister of State for Legal Affairs (1971–95);
Children	5
Awards	Arab Historian Medal (1986); State of Bahrain Medal of First Grade (1996); Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Medal of First Grade (2001);

Hussain Mohammed Al Baharna (Arabic: حسين محمد البحارنة; 5 December 1932 – 29 June 2025) was a Bahraini lawyer, legal scholar, author and onetime government minister who held a PhD in Public international law from the University of Cambridge and was a legal adviser and Minister of State for Legal Affairs for the Government of Bahrain for 26 years. During his tenure, he participated in writing the draft of Bahrain's first constitution in 1973. He also held several international positions and authored a number of books.