Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani (Arabic: خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني) (born in Doha, Qatar in 1930 or 1932) was the emir of Qatar from 1972 to 1995. On 22 February 1972, Shaikh Khalifa Bin Hamad Bin Abdullah Al-Thani took over from his father, Ahmad ibn 'Ali Al Thani to become the Emir of Qatar and started the reorganisation of the government. The first task of Shaikh Khalifa was to appoint a Foreign Minister and an adviser to advise the Emir in the day-to-day affairs of the country. On 19 April 1972, he amended the Constitution and enlarged the Cabinet. On 18 July 1989, the Council of Ministers was reshuffled for the first time, replacing most of the previous ministers and now consisting of fifteen ministers. The Cabinet was again reshuffled on 1 September 1992, enlarging it to seventeen members. The Arabic language (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: ‎ translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ... Doha, Qatar Doha (Arabic: الدوحة;, Ad-Dawḥah or Ad-Dōḥah), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar, and is at 25. ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... His Highness Shaikh Ahmad bin Ali Al-Thani (1917-1977) was the Emir of the State of Qatar through the final years of dependency and briefly 1971-1972 independent Amir. ... A minister for foreign affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the governmental foreign policy of a sovereign nation. ... April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... July 18 is the 199th day (200th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 166 days remaining. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 1991,gas production in the Qatar North Field commenced. This field has reserves of around 250 trillion cubic feet (7,100 km³) and possible reserves of 500 trillion cubic feet (14,200 km³). While the search for finding more oil continued. Image File history File linksMetadata Shaikh_Khalifa_Bin_Hamad_Al-Thani2. ... Image File history File links Shaikh_Khalifa_Bin_Hamad_Al-Thani_&_The_Queen_of_GB.jpg Summary http://www. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was staying in Geneva, Switzerland in 1995 his son Hamad bin Khalifa deposed him in a bloodless coup d'état. He lived in exile in France from the day he was deposed. He returned to Qatar in 2004. He was more conservative than his son, but in general he is thought to be the one who began the country's process of modernization. Coat of arms of the Canton of Geneva Coat of arms of the City of Geneva Geneva (French: Genève, German: Genf, Italian: Ginevra, Romansh Genevra, Spanish: Ginebra) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zurich), located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac de Genève or Lac L... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hamad bin Khalifa with George W. Bush Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born in 1950 in Doha, Qatar) is the current Emir of Qatar. ... A coup détat (pronounced ), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government against the volonté générale formed by the majority of the citizenry, usually done by a smaller supposedly weaker body that just replaces the top power figures. ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in...

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