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Adel al-Fadhel


Lieutenant General[1] Adel al-Fadhel (Arabic: عادل الفاضل) is a Bahraini soldier and politician.[2]

Adel al-Fadhel
عادل الفاضل
Director of the Bahrain National Security Agency
In office
November 28, 2011 – August 4, 2016
MonarchHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime MinisterKhalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain
Preceded byKhalifa bin Abdullah Al Khalifa; Talal bin Muhammad Al Khalifa
Succeeded byTalal bin Muhammad Al Khalifa
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 13, 2017
Deputy Interior Minister
In office
August 4, 2016 – September 13, 2017
MonarchHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Prime MinisterKhalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
Succeeded byTalal bin Muhammad Al Khalifa
Personal details
Born
Adel Khalifa Hamad Al-Fadhel
Alma materSaad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences
Occupationsoldier, police officer
AwardsBahrain Medal, First Class (2013)
Military service
Years of service1977—Present

Early life and education

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He belongs to the Al-Fadhel family, considered a branch of the Bani Utbah by way of his grandfather Fadhel bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa Al-Atabi.[3]

He obtained a Bachelor of Laws from the Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences, the official college of the Kuwait Police. He completed many courses, most notably a specialized International Security Leadership program at the Police Staff College, Bramshill, in the United Kingdom and an advanced executive course in Security Sciences at Harvard University but also others on combating organized crime, terrorism financing, and money laundering.

Career

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Al-Fadhel began working at the Ministry of Interior in October 1977 and would run its drug enforcement division from 1981 to 2001. In 2001, he was promoted to head the money laundering and INTERPOL relations division, heading them until 2005 along with the Department for Combating Economic Crimes that he added to his portfolio in 2002.[4][5] From 2005 to 2007, he served as Director-General of the Northern Governorate Police Department, during which he intercepted a 35-person Shiite extremist cell aiming to blow up several Ministry buses and cars and kill policemen.[6]

On July 2, 2007, he was appointed as an agent of the National Security Agency (BNSA). On November 28, 2011, he was promoted to acting director of the Agency, confirmed as Official Director that December 27 with the rank of Minister. In July 2013, he was appointed Minister of State for Internal Affairs,[7] a post from which he was removed in December 2014 in a cabinet reshuffle before the third session of Parliament opened.[8]

In 2016, Al-Fadhel was promoted to Deputy Interior Minister, and in 2017 he was restored by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa to the head of the BNSA as part of an effort to reorganize the agency.[9] He has attended many Arab and global conferences on prosecuting drug and organized crime, including those of the United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice and the Arab League’s Arab Interior Ministers' Council.[10][11]

Committees

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He has served on the following committees:

  • Working Group on Combating Human Trafficking (2002)
  • National Committee for Standards and Metrology (2004)
  • Head of the delegation assigned to follow up on Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention camp (2004)
  • Supreme Military Court of Appeal (2005)
  • Chairman of the Technical Committee of the National Program for Drug Control (2006)
  • Chairman of the Joint Committee for Developing Drug Risk Awareness (2007)
  • Supreme Defence Council (2008)
  • Supreme Council for Military Retirement (2013)[12][13]

Bahraini uprising of 2011

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After the suppression of opposition protests during the Bahraini uprising of 2011, Al-Fadhel was accused of involvement in human rights violations and his prosecution was urged by the Bahrain Center for Human Rights due to widespread use of torture.[14] Jawad Fairooz, a former Council of Representatives member for the Shia opposition party Al Wefaq, stated that he was personally interrogated by Al-Fadhel upon his arrest by the BNSA in May 2011.[15]

In April 2014, as Minister of State for Internal Affairs, Al-Fadhel ordered the deportation of Bahraini-Iranian cleric Hussein Mirza Abdul-Baqi Muhammad Abdul-Razzaq (known as Hussein Najati). The opposition alleged that this was retaliation for Najati’s refusal to disavow opposition ayatollah Isa Qassim and renounce violence as well as his insistence on running for election in the 2014 Bahraini general election.[16] The Ministry replied that “Najati operated without coordinating with the authorities and made clear his loyalties to Ali Al-Sistani without carrying the papers specifying his duties that such a representative must provide by law.”[17]

Awards

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  • Bahraini Medal, First Class (2013)[18]

References

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  1. ^ "في مرسومين ملكيين الفريق عادل الفاضل نائبا لوزير الداخلية والشيخ طلال بن محمد رئيسا لجهاز الأمن الوطني". Akhbar Al Khaleej. May 5, 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  2. ^ "عادل خليفة الفاضل". Al-Wasat (Bahrain). August 6, 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  3. ^ Al-Sharqawi, Ali (July 13, 2012). ""آل الفاضل.. العتوب".. كتاب يغطي مساحةً من تاريخ فريج الفاضل". Al-Watan (Bahrain). Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ "التشريعات اخلاصة حبظر ومكافحة غسل األموال يف وزارة الداخليـــــــة" (PDF). Anti-Corruption Crimes Directorate. Government of Bahrain. November 29, 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. ^ Al-Sai, Muhammad (April 1, 2004). "مدير إدارة مكافحة الجرائم الاقتصادية لأخبار الخليج: الجرائم الاقتصادية في البحرين .. محدودة". Elaph. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  6. ^ "تفاصيل جديدة عن شبكة التخريب "الشيعية" في البحرين". Almoslim.net. February 22, 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  7. ^ "عادل خليفة الفاضل". Al-Wasat (Bahrain). No. 3866. April 7, 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  8. ^ "الحكومة بـ 4 وجوه جديدة وخروج 10 أسماء وإلغاء وزارتين ودمج 4 باثنتين". Al-Watan (Bahrain). December 31, 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  9. ^ "إعادة تنظيم جهاز الأمن الوطني برئاسة عادل الفاضل". Al Ayam (Bahrain). No. 10384. September 13, 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ Habtoor, Abdulhadi (May 9, 2017). "دول الخليج تقر مؤشراً لمكافحة الفساد بمعايير دولية نائب وزير الداخلية البحريني لـ "الشرق الأوسط": حريصون على المحاسبة". Asharq Al-Awsat. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  11. ^ "وزير الداخلية: علاقات التعاون بين الكويت والبحرين.. عميقة وأخوية". Al-Kuwaityah. November 27, 2016. Archived from the original on January 2, 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  12. ^ "عادل خليفة الفاضل... مسيرة حافلة مع الأجهزة الأمنية". Al Bilad (Bahraini newspaper). April 8, 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  13. ^ ""التقاعد العسكري" يوافق على تعديل مكافأة نهاية الخدمة للمتقاعدين". Al-Wasat (Bahrain). No. 3526. May 3, 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  14. ^ "إعادة تنظيم جهاز الأمن الوطنيّ تطيح برئيسه وتعيد تعيين "عادل الفاضل" بديلًا عنه". Manama Post. September 13, 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  15. ^ "جواد فيروز يكشف المستور: حفيد رئيس وزراء البحرين هو من قام بتعذيبي". Al-Alam News Network. January 29, 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  16. ^ Marzooq, Adel (April 23, 2014). "الشيخ النجاتي يبعث من جديد ذاكرة "الإبعاد" للعجم في البحرين". Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  17. ^ Al-Arab, Muhammad (April 23, 2014). "ترحيل حسين النجاتي ممثل السيستاني من البحرين". Al Arabiya. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  18. ^ "أمر ملكي رقم (52) لسنة 2013 بمنح وسام". Government of Bahrain. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
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