Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani

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.

The president of Israel, Reuven Rivlin , meeting with the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrain, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Jerusalem , November 2020