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Qatar’s government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. He was 74, according to a government website. “With hearts steadfast in faith in God’s decree and destiny, the Bureau of the Emir mourns the great loss to the...
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Qatar’s government on Sunday announced the death of former leader Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who led the country from 1995 to 2013. He was 74, according to a government website. “Wi...
Qatar mourns Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikh Hamad presided over one of the most consequential periods in Qatar's history, driving a rapid transformation of the tiny desert state that reshaped its economy, global profile and po...
By Favour Ulebor, Abuja The Federal Government has expressed condolences to the Government and people of Qatar over the death of the country’s Father Amir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani...
Former Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad dies at 74 Submitted by MEE and agencies on
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed condolences on Sunday over the death of Qatar's former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, praising his longtime ally for streng...
State news agency gives no cause for passing of sports-loving leader who made tiny Persian Gulf nation a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, then handed over power to son
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74
DOHA, July 12 - Qatar's former emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, a sweeping moderniser who seized power in 1995 and broke with tradition to hand it over to his son 18 years later, ha...
Prime Minister Modi mourned the passing of former Qatar ruler Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. He remembered Sheikh Hamad as a visionary leader who transformed the Gulf nation. Sheikh Ham...
Sheikh Hamad ruled the Gulf country from 1995 to 2013, before voluntarily abdicating to his son, Sheikh Tamim.
It was also during his tenure, in 1996, that Al Jazeera, a Qatar-funded global news organisation, was established.
Sheikh Hamad was known for having helped bring about huge economic, social, and cultural change in Qatar during his reign and helping establish the nation as a global player in diplomacy an...
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani mastermind the Persian Gulf state’s transformation from a quiet backwater into an influential international crossroads in less than a generation
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Persian Gulf nation into a global player and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his...
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