Al-Bahar was born in the capital of
Manama. He holds a
Master of Science in Human Resource Development from the
University of Sheffield and a diploma in education from the
University of Leeds (both in the
United Kingdom) and a diploma in advanced management from the
University of Bahrain. He taught for the
Ministry of Education from 1968 to 1978, then worked in Student Affairs for the University of Bahrain (then called the University College of Bahrain from 1978 to 1981. He worked in the
human resources department at
Arab Insurance Group from 1982 to 1992, then for the same department at the
Ministry of Finance & National Economy from 1993 to 1995. He was appointed head of the Civil Service Bureau in 2005, and later royally named a member of the
Consultative Council or Shura Council from 2009 to 2010. ==References==