Shaikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa (born 21 October 1969) is the Crown Prince of Bahrain.

He did his schooling in Bahrain, followed by higher studies abroad and achieved a bachelor's degree in political science in 1992 from the American University in Washington, D.C. He went on to gradute with a Master's degree in history and philosophy from Cambridge, England, in 1994.

Shaikh Salman was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research then chairman in 1995. He is also currently the Under-Secretary of Defence and has been since his appointment in 1995. Shaikh Salman is fluent in Arabic and English. He is married and has two sons and a daughter.