Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani (Arabic: عبداللطيف بن راشد الزياني, English pronunciationⓘ; born 15 April 1954) is a Bahraini engineer and retired lieutenant general.
[1] He received a master's degree in logistics management from the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, in 1980.
[3] He attended command and general staff courses in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1988 and received the sword of honor along with the title of master logistician from the US Army.
[5] Initially, Bahrain nominated another candidate, Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawa, for the post.
In January 2020, he was named as foreign minister, replacing Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in the post.