Mai bint Mohammed Al Khalifa

[1] She is the Chairperson of the Board of the Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage and the former President of the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.

[6] Her daughter, Hala bint Mohammed Al Khalifa, became Bahrain's Director General of Culture and Arts.

[10] In January 2021, incumbent Secretary General Zurab Pololikashvili won the election at the 113th session of the Executive Council.

[12] According to the Middle East Eye and Doha News, she refused to shake hands with the Israeli ambassador to Bahrain.

Following this event, which happened in the United States ambassador Steve C. Bondy’s residence, the King ordered her removal from office.