NationMaster - Encyclopedia: List of emirs of Qatar

This is a list of emirs of Qatar: The emirs of Qatar are members of the Al-Thani dynasty and the state of Qatar was founded in 1868 by Muhammad bin Thani as a kingdom. The house of Al-Thani descend from Banu Tamim and are typical Arabic polygamous house. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani became the Emir of the State of Qatar on June 26, 1995 after deposing his father, who was vacationing in Switzerland at the time. ... Sheikh Khalifah ibn Hamad Al Thani: (29 May 1972 - 27 June 1995) Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifah Al Thani: (27 June 1995 - 29 October 1996) Sheikh Abdullah ibn Khalifah Al Thani :(29 October 1996 - present). ... His Excellency Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Curriculum Vitae : Date of Birth: - 1959. ... The Consultative Assembly (Majlis as-Shura) has 35 appointed members with only consultative tasks. ... Qatar is divided into 10 municipalities (baladiyah): Ad Dawhah Al Ghuwariyah Al Jumaliyah Al Khawr Al Wakrah Ar Rayyan Jariyan al Batnah Ash Shamal Umm Salal Mesaieed Sources http://www. ... Qatar achieved full independence in an atmosphere of cooperation with the U.K. and friendship with neighboring states. ... Legislative elections will be held in Qatar some time in 2008. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... This is not the sub-clan of Quraish, for that, see Banu Taim BanÄ« TamÄ«m or Banu Tamim (Arabic: Ø¨Ù†Ùˆ ØªÙ…ÙŠÙ…) is one of the largest of all Arab tribes. ... Polygamy, literally many marriages in ancient Greek, is a marital practice in which a person has more than one spouse simultaneously (as opposed to monogamy where each person has a maximum of one spouse at any one time). ...

Categories: Qatar stubs | Lists of office-holders | Emirs of Qatar Shaikh (Arabic: Ø´ÙŠØ® ),(also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning elder of tribe, lord or a revered old man. ... Shaikh (Arabic: Ø´ÙŠØ® ),(also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning elder of tribe, lord or a revered old man. ... For other uses, see Sheikh (disambiguation). ... Hakim, or Al-hakim with the article, may refer to: Hakim (title), a title in Arabic al-Hakim, one of the 99 names of Allah Hakim is the name of the following individuals: George Habash, founder of the PFLP Maximos V Hakim, former patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church... His Highness Shaikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani (1917-1977) (Arabic: ) was the Emir of the State of Qatar through the final years of dependency and briefly 1971-1972 independent Amir. ... Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani (Arabic: Ø®Ù„ÙŠÙØ© Ø¨Ù† ØÙ…Ø¯ Ø¢Ù„ Ø«Ø§Ù†ÙŠ) (born in Doha, Qatar in 1930 or 1932) was the emir of Qatar from 1972 to 1995. ... Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani became the Emir of the State of Qatar on June 26, 1995 after deposing his father, who was vacationing in Switzerland at the time. ...