Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (Arabic: تميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني‎; born 3 June 1980) is the Emir of Qatar. He is the fourth son of the previous Emir, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Tamim has held a variety of government posts within Qatar and has been at the forefront of efforts to promote sports and healthy living within the country. As of 2018, Tamim is the youngest reigning monarch among the GCC countries[1][2]

Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in 2020
Emir of Qatar
Reign25 June 2013 – present
PredecessorHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Deputy EmirAbdullah bin Hamad Al Thani
Prime Minister Abdullah bin Nasser
Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz
Born (1980-06-03) 3 June 1980
Doha, Qatar
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Full name
Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani
Regnal name
Tamim al-majd (Tamim the Glorious)
Arabicتميم بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني
HouseThani
FatherHamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
MotherMoza bint Nasser Al Missned
WebsiteTwitter Profile Instagram Profile

Early life and education

Tamim bin Hamad was born on 3 June 1980 in Doha, Qatar.[3] He is the fourth son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and second son of Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, Hamad's second wife.[4][5] Tamim was educated at Great Britain's Sherborne School (International College) in Dorset,[3] and at Harrow School, where he sat his A-Levels in 1997.[3][4] He then attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, graduating in 1998.[4]

Career

Sheikh Tamim was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Qatar Armed Forces upon graduation from Sandhurst.[4] He became the heir apparent to the Qatar throne on 5 August 2003, when his elder brother Sheikh Jassim renounced his claim to the title.[3][4] Since then he was groomed to take over rule, working in top security and economics posts.[5] On August 5, 2003, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces.[4]

Sheikh Tamim promoted sport as part of Qatar's bid to raise its international profile.[5] In 2005 he founded Oryx Qatar Sports Investments, which owns Paris Saint-Germain F.C. among other investments. In 2006, he chaired the organizing committee of the 15th Asian Games in Doha. Under his leadership, all member countries attended the event for the first time in its history. That year Egypt's Al Ahram voted Tamim "the best sport personality in the Arab world".[4] Under his guidance, Qatar won the rights to host the 2014 FINA Swimming World Championships and the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Tamim is a member of the International Olympic Committee and the National Olympic Committee chairman.[4][5] He headed Doha's bid for the 2020 Olympics.[4] The country will host the football World Cup in 2022. Qatar is expected to spend about $100 billion on infrastructure to prepare for the event.[6]

Sheikh Tamim heads the Qatar Investment Authority board of directors. Under his leadership, the fund has invested billions in British businesses. It owns large stakes in Barclays Bank, Sainsbury's, and Harrods.[7] The fund also owns a share of Europe's fourth tallest building, the Shard.[5]

Tamim has also held a number of other posts, including:

  • Head of the Upper Council of the Environment and Natural Sanctuaries.[8]
  • Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves.[4]
  • Chairman of the Supreme Education Council.[4]
  • Chairman of the Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology.[3]
  • Chairman of the board of directors of Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and the Urban Planning and Development Authority (UPDA).[3]
  • Chairman of the board of regents of Qatar University.[3]
  • Deputy chairman of the Ruling Family Council.[3]
  • Vice president of the Supreme Council for Economic Affairs and Investment.[3]
  • Deputy chairman of the High Committee for Coordination and Follow Up.[3]
  • Member of "Sports for All".[9]

Reign
Sheikh Tamim with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 10 December 2013

On 25 June 2013, Tamim's father, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, revealed his own plan to step down as Emir of Qatar in a meeting with his close relatives and aides.[1][10] Tamim then became the Emir of Qatar after his father handed over power in a televised speech.[11] He was the first ruler, in a succession of three Qatari rulers from the Al Thani family, to ascend to power without resorting to a coup.[12] According to The Economist, of his previous sibling rivals to the throne, "One played too much, the other prayed too much."[13]

The transition of power was expected to be smooth, as family members hold many of the nation's top posts.[4]

Moreover, according to a diplomatic source close to the Al Thani family, Sheikh Tamim has "a strong personality" that allowed him to "establish himself within the ruling family" despite not being the family's first choice for Emir.[7] Diplomats quoted by the BBC argued that Jassim, who served as crown prince for eight years, had hoped to expand his political powers. According to a report by Stratfor, Jassim had no allies among the military forces or secret police at the time of the 2013 political transition, and thereby few chances to overturn Hamad's decree.[14]

Tamim is described as friendly, confident, and open by those who know him. He is also described as savvy, careful, and calculating.[4] In addition, he is considered to be a pragmatist, and to have "excellent relations" with the West, including the United States and France.[4]

Political analysts expect Tamim to be more conservative and risk-averse than his father.[4] Preserving a national identity grounded in traditional values is expected to be Tamim's first priority.[4]

Domestic policy
Further information: Human rights in Qatar

In striking contrast with his father's rule, who had prioritized Qatar's international profile, a new focus on domestic affairs has characterized Tamim's government so far. One of Tamim's first moves after coming to power was to streamline the bureaucracy by disassembling a number of parallel institutions, such as the Qatar National Food Security Program, which was incorporated into the Ministries of Economy and Agriculture. He also decreased the fiscal budget of several institutions, including Qatar Foundation and Qatar Museums Authority.[15][16]

Since his accession to power, the government has expanded the roads around the capital, developed a new metro system, and completed the construction of a new airport.[6] A new reform of the Qatari administration was launched towards increased efficiency and discipline.[6] Moreover, the post of foreign minister has passed to a non-royal (Khalid al-Attiya). This is a significant change in the direction of meritocracy, given that during the previous administrations the prime minister, traditionally a royal, tended to double as foreign minister.[17] Tamim also took credit for some initiatives directed at countering local sensitivities arising from the Arab Spring upheaval. He announced that the government would establish a directive to lower the price of foodstuffs sold by companies working with the country's National Food Security Programme and anticipated social allowances and pension increases.[18]

Russia handing over the symbolic relay baton for the hosting rights of the 2022 FIFA World Cup to Qatar in June 2018

According to his inaugural speech to the nation held on 26 June 2013, Sheikh Tamim will continue to diversify the country's economy away from hydrocarbons.[19] On that occasion, he declared that people are Qatar's “most important asset” and that their interests would be the government's top priority.[19]

In 2014, Tamim passed new cybercrime legislation, which was said to be part of an agreement among Gulf states to criminalize online insults of the region's royal families;[20] The cybercrime law outlaws the spreading of "false news" as well as digital material that violates the country's "social values" or "general order". The legislation made it illegal to incite, aid and facilitate the publication of offensive material. The law has been criticized by those who say that it can be used to strip people of their human rights based on the misinterpretation of online chatter. Amnesty International called the law "a major setback for freedom of expression in Qatar", while other critics suggest that the new law will violate provisions of the country's constitution that protect civil liberties.[21]

In January 2016, Tamim shook up the cabinet put in place by his father. He named a new foreign minister, replacing Khalid al-Attiyah with Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, changed the defense minister and appointed a new female minister. Tamim also merged several ministries, including communication, transport and culture, and youth and sports. Journalists have speculated reasons behind the cabinet shake up. Some have come to the conclusion that the reorganization was either an economic move, meant to save the country money at a time where the falling price of gas has forced the country to scale back its workforce or for reasons of political stability.[22] According to others the appointments showed that Tamim was trying to make the government his own by bringing in a new, younger generation of ministers that were more loyal to him than to his father.[23]

Foreign policy
Hamad Al Thani with Argentinian former president Mauricio Macri at the Presidential Residence of Olivos in Buenos Aires, July 2016.

The young Emir's transition to power was welcomed by leaders across the world, who expected Tamim to continue the good work in the footsteps of his father and increase Qatar's role in vital international affairs, including the Syrian crisis and Darfur agreement.[24]

Analysts said he would likely be under immediate pressure to reduce Qatar's support for the rebels in the Syrian Civil War, which Tamim had previously supported.[25] He would be tasked with overseeing substantial upgrades to the national infrastructure, which have recently gotten underway. While some view Tamim as more religious than his father, most analysts expect him to retain his father's largely pragmatic habits of governing – using Islam to further objectives where useful, but not pushing strictly Islamic agenda items such as outlawing alcohol.[26]

In his inaugural speech to the nation, Tamim vowed that he would continue to pursue a central role for Qatar in the region but that he will not "take direction" in foreign affairs.[27] He confirmed that he will commit to the highest possible level of integration with his Gulf neighbors.[28]

In fact, during his first months in charge he has prioritized the Gulf. In late October 2013, only a few months after taking charge, Sheikh Tamim took a regional tour of the Gulf. Even before his accession to power, he formally represented his father at the annual Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Bahrain in December 2012 as well as in welcoming delegates to the Arab League Summit in Doha in March 2013.[18]

Working in a government security post, he promoted stronger ties with Saudi Arabia, a neighbour and often contentious rival to Qatar.[26] Tamim considers Qatar's rivalry with Saudi Arabia unproductive, as has been the case in the so far unsuccessful attempt to build a cohesive Syrian opposition.[29]

Sheikh Tamim, António Guterres and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, 16 February 2018
Hamad Al Thani with Ukrainian former President Petro Poroshenko in Qatar, 20 March 2018

India

Sheikh Tamim has maintained a strong relationship with the Indian government. On 25 March 2015, he visited India and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said that the government "trusts" the Indian economy so they would invest in India.[30]

Egypt

Qatar heavily invested in loans and aid to Egypt during the Muslim Brotherhood’s government.[18] In August 2013, Qatar joined a U.S.-led attempt to mediate the escalating tension between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military.[18] Speaking at Georgetown University during his first visit to the United States, Tamim reiterated that Qatar will not interfere in Egypt although he condemned what happened in Egypt after the 2013 coup.[31] Since Mohamed Morsi’s removal from office, the new government has turned down Qatari offers for financial aid.[29] Qatar's continued support for the Muslim Brotherhood resulted in a diplomatic rift between Doha and Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in 2014, culminating in the withdrawal of the latter three countries' ambassadors in March of that year.[32] In June 2016, former president of Egypt Mohamed Morsi was given a life sentence for accusations of passing state secrets to Qatar.[33][34]

Syria

Qatar called for a military intervention by Arab countries to end the bloodshed in Syria in 2012.[35] Analysts expected that he would have been under immediate pressure to reduce Qatar's support for the rebels in the Syrian Civil War,[26] which Tamim had previously supported.[25] In fact, Sheikh Tamim took a step back after taking charge, primarily in response to the irritation voiced by Western powers at Qatar’s operation to arm Syrian rebel groups which had been directed haphazardly.[17] Recently, under the aegis of a joint initiative with Saudi Arabia and Turkey promoted by Sheikh Tamim, Qatar has provided Syrian rebels with new weapons and forged a new opposition coalition in Syria known as “Army of Conquest."[36] The Sheikh has also renewed his country's support for the Syrian people's demands for justice and freedom during a meeting with the chief of the Syrian National Coalition Khaled Khoja and his delegation in April 2015.[37]

Syrian rebel group Al-Rahman Legion is supported by Qatar.[38] Since 2017, Qatari-backed Al-Rahman Legion has been fighting Saudi Arabian-backed Jaysh al-Islam rebel coalition.[39]

Turkey

Tamim signed a military cooperation agreement with Turkey during an official visit to the country in December 2014. The agreement aims to promote cooperation in military training and the defense industry, and allows for the deployment of the Turkish Armed Forces to Qatar and the Qatari military to Turkey.[40]

On 2 December 2015, Tamim signed a number of agreements with president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Cooperative agreements in education, maritime transport and correspondence pacts between intelligence agencies were signed.[41] An agreement was also reached by Turkey to purchase liquefied natural gas from Qatar over a lengthy duration.[42] The two leaders also announced the planned creation of a Turkish military base in Qatar; a first for Turkey in the Persian Gulf.[43]

United Kingdom

In October 2014, Sheikh Tamim met UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Queen Elizabeth II on his first official visit to the UK. Qatar and the UK anticipated a Qatari-British Economic Forum to explore mutual investment opportunities.[44] Up to and during this meeting The Telegraph newspaper launched a campaign to urge Cameron to discuss Qatar's funding of Islamic extremists with Tamim. The Telegraph’s "Stop The Funding Of Terror" campaign highlighted the role played by Qatar and other Gulf states, alleged allies in the war against Isil and al-Qaeda, in allowing the financing of terrorism. Stephen Barclay, the Tory MP, repeatedly called for transparency in Britain's dealings with Qatar and said it was "essential" for Mr Cameron to raise the issue of terror finance "I welcome the fact that the Prime Minister is meeting with the Emir," he said. "As part of these discussions it is essential that the issue of financing Sunni tribes in Syria and Iraq is raised. The MP encouraged Cameron to brief parliament after the meeting claiming [45]

United States
Sheikh Tamim meets with President Donald Trump, 21 May 2017

In July 2014, Tamim renewed the defence agreement with the U.S. and confirmed Qatar's cooperation with the U.S. in the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Al Udeid Air Base.[46]

Sheikh Tamim visited U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House on a visit to Washington, D.C. on 24 February 2015, according to a statement issued by the Office of the White House Press Secretary.[47] Doha-based analysts described the task before him during the visit as one of balancing the need to maintain strong relations with the United States against the desire for Qatar to control its own foreign policy, which is sometimes at odds with the United States on key regional issues.[48] He declared that the U.S.-Qatari “strategic partnership has deepened in recent years, in spite of the regional unrest” and reiterated his commitment to support a more comprehensive approach to the strategic challenges facing the Middle East.[49]

Sheikh Tamim has been a personal friend of U.S. President Donald Trump prior to the latter's presidency. He has visited the United States several times since Trump's inauguration and has held bilateral meetings at the White House in Washington, D.C.

In July 2019, Sheikh Tamim visited the US to meet President Donald Trump and discuss the latest regional and international developments.[50] A state dinner to welcome Tamim was organized at the White House with “who’s who of people in business”, including Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump.[51] The meeting concluded with an enhanced economic partnership between both the countries, with Qatar agreeing to do business with major US companies, including Boeing, Gulfstream, Raytheon and Chevron Phillips Chemical.[52]

Personal characteristics and views

According to a diplomatic source close to the Al Thani family, Sheikh Tamim has "a strong personality" that allowed him to "establish himself within the ruling family" despite not being the family's first choice for Emir.[5] He is described as friendly, confident, and open by those who know him. He is also described as savvy, careful, and conservative.[26] In addition, he is considered to be a pragmatist, and to have "excellent relations" with the West, including the United States and France.[5][26]

Political analysts expected Tamim to be more conservative and risk-averse than his father.[26] Because Tamim is very close to the Muslim Brotherhood,[53] preserving a national identity grounded in Islamic traditional values has been Tamim's first priority.[26]

Personal life

Sheikh Tamim married his first wife (his second cousin) Sheikha Jawahir bint Hamad Al Thani on 8 January 2005 (with whom he shares a great-grandfather, Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani). They have four children, two sons and two daughters:[4]

  • Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 15 January 2006)
  • Sheikh Hamad bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 20 October 2008).
  • Sheikha Aisha bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 24 August 2010).
  • Sheikh Jassim bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 12 June 2012).

Sheikh Tamim married a second wife, Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Mana Al Hajri, on 3 March 2009. She is the daughter of Mana bin Abdul Hadi Al Hajri, former Qatari Ambassador to Jordan.[54] They have five children, three daughters and two sons:[4]

  • Sheikha Naylah bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 27 May 2010).
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 29 September 2012).
  • Sheikha Roda bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 2014)
  • Sheikh Alqaqaa bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 3 October 2015)
  • Sheikha Moza bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 19 May 2018).

On 25 February 2014, Sheikh Tamim married a third wife, Sheikha Noora bint Hathal Aldosari. They have three sons and one daughter:

  • Sheikh Joaan bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 27 March 2015).
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 17 July 2017)
  • Sheikh Fahad bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 16 June 2018)
  • Sheikha Hind bint Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (born 5 February 2020)

Tamim participates in competitive sport. He was filmed playing badminton and bowled with former Egyptian military chief Mohammed Hussein Tantawi.[4] He has a strong interest in history and his nation's heritage.[5] He is fluent in English and French.[26]

Controversies

Support for Islamists

Qatar has for many years supported a spectrum of Islamist groups around the region.[17] Especially since the beginning of the Arab Spring upheaval in 2011, the country has provided diplomatic and medical initiatives, and warnings to Islamist groups.[17] The Qatar-based pan-Arab satellite television channel Al Jazeera promoted the narratives of the Islamist parties and causes supported by Qatar, thereby contributing to the electoral success of some of these movements during national polls.[17] For several years the channel has hosted a talk-show, “al-Sharīʿa wa al-Ḥayāh” ("Shariah and Life"), featuring the controversial Brotherhood-associated Egyptian cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi.[55]

With regard to Qatar's support of the Muslim Brotherhood, Qatar welcomed Brotherhood cadres since the 1950s.[17] Sheikh Hamad was one of the first foreign leaders to visit Mohamed Morsi after his electoral success in June 2012. Qatar provided a substantial financial boost to Morsi's Freedom and Justice Party, and Brotherhood opponents allegedly argued that Morsi's narrow election victory was achieved through Qatari funding.[56] After Morsi's election, Qatar contributed a total of US$5.5 billion dollars to the Muslim Brotherhood administration.[56]

Allegedly, Qatar looked at the Brotherhood in Syria as a natural Islamist ally to deliver its policy aims in the region.[17] The Financial Times reported that, according to official sources, Qatar provided Syrian rebels financial support of US$1 billion dollars; people close to the Qatar government claimed that the real amount is close to 3 billion dollars.[25] Furthermore, there have been rumors that Qatar is using its funding to develop networks of loyalty among rebels and allegedly to set the stage for Qatar's influence in the post-Assad era.[25]

Analysts claim that both Qatar and Saudi Arabia are engaged in proxy wars in Syria and Libya.[29] Tamim in particular played a role in the mediation with Taliban leaders, with whom he initiated contacts under his father's government. The United States requested the establishment of a Taliban office in Doha. In June 2013, the Taliban opened their first official overseas office in the Qatari capital as part of the long-standing attempt to broker a long-term Afghan peace agreement.[57] In June 2015, Qatar successfully mediated efforts to free four Tajikistan soldiers kidnapped in December 2014 in Afghanistan by a Taliban group.[58]

Furthermore, Qatar has provided loans and massive investments to the democratically elected Ennahdha Party in Tunisia,[59] and to Islamist parties in Yemen and Morocco.[17]

The country's support for Islamist causes and for organizations that oppose the absolute rule of the Gulf's hereditary rulers provoked tensions with the GCC countries.[60] In March 2014 Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and United Arab Emirates withdrew their ambassadors from Qatar. Officially, the decision was motivated by Qatar's refusal to ratify the agreements of non-interference in domestic policy within the GCC in December 2013.[61] Some analysts observed that the diplomatic crisis was the peak of long-time degenerated relationships of Qatar with the Arab countries, who have rebuked Qatar for backing Islamists during Arab Spring revolts and are supportive of the new military-oriented Egyptian regime.[29]

Also, there have been speculations that Sheikh Hamad's abdication was motivated by the necessity of reinvigorating the leadership, but also to defuse criticism from Arab neighbors for Qatar's support of Islamists.[60] In particular, the contradictory nature of Qatar's policies in support for Islamist groups and its active contribution to the American-led coalition to fight the Islamic state has been of recent interest.[60]

Labour issues

According to the German regional public service television channel WDR, several of its reporters were detained for several days in Qatar for collecting evidence on the conditions of migrant workers.[62] The Guardian has reported that Nepalese migrants building the infrastructure to host the 2022 World Cup died at a rate of one every two days in 2014.[63] Human Rights Watch's “2014 World Report” confirmed the precarious conditions of the migrant workers, who sometimes live in unsanitary conditions and are subject to arbitrary restrictions on the right to leave Qatar, exploitation and abuse by employers.[64] In response, Qatar commissioned an investigation by the international law firm DLA Piper that resulted in laws that require contractors to provide improved living conditions and ban them from seizing passports.[63] The Emir of Qatar reformed by law the kafala system the following year.[65]

During the 2016 May Day celebration in Bonn, Germany, an Amnesty campaigner named Bettina Hoffmann took the opportunity to protest Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who she claims is indifferent to the struggle of the foreign workers. She said that Amnesty is concerned about the tens of thousands of Asian workers who are working on football stadiums and infrastructure for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Amnesty estimates some 70,000 labourers - many from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - are quasi slaves in the Gulf state, which is ruled by Qatar's Emir. Hoffmann says the foreign workers must give up their passports, receive late wages if they receive wages at all, and are voiceless. The worst part, she says, is the response of the Emir who seems to be indifferent to the dangerous conditions of the workers. [66]

Two laws protecting workers' rights, which included clauses on maximum working hours and rights to annual leave, were passed by Sheikh Tamim in 2017.[67] The next year, Sheikh Tamim passed Law No. 13 of 2018, abolishing exit visas for roughly 95% of the country's migrant workers. The remaining 5% of workers, which amount to approximately 174,000 people, still require their employer's permission to exit the country. While stating that more needs to be done to protect the rights of Qatar's workers, at the same time Stephen Cockburn of Amnesty claimed that the Emir had taken an "important first step towards meeting the authorities' promise to fundamentally reform the exploitative sponsorship system".[68]

Public image

A sketch of Tamim entitled Tamim al-majd (Tamim the Glorious) by advertiser Ahmed al-Maadheed became extremely popular as a nationalistic symbol in Qatar following the beginning of the 2017 Qatar diplomatic crisis.[69][70]

Hacking

In January 2019, a Reuters investigation revealed that a team of former US government intelligence operatives working on behalf of the United Arab Emirates had hacked the iPhones of activists, diplomats and foreign leaders, including Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Beginning in 2016 the spying tool, codenamed ‘Karma’, enabled the UAE to monitor hundreds of individuals identified as potential critics of, or threats to, the Emirati government and its ideology. The hacking unit using the tool, known as ‘Project Raven’, was based in Abu Dhabi and composed of local security officials and former US intelligence operatives working for the UAE’s intelligence services. Ex-Project Raven operatives described how Karma was able to remotely gain access to iPhones, including that of Sheikh Tamim’s, by uploading numbers or email addresses into an automated targeting system. According to Reuters the phones of Sheikh Tamim’s brother as well as several associates were also hacked by the Project Raven team.

Titles, styles, honours and awards
Styles of
Emir of Qatar
Reference styleHis Highness
Spoken styleYour Highness

Titles and styles
  • 3 June 1980 – 27 June 1995: Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
  • 27 June 1995 – 5 August 2003: His Excellency Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
  • 5 August 2003 – 25 June 2013: His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar
  • 25 June 2013 – Present: His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar

National honours

Foreign honours

Awards

Ancestry

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Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
House of Thani
Born: 3 June 1980
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani		 Emir of Qatar
2013–present		 Incumbent
Deputy Emir:
Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani
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