Ruler · 1952 – present

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Lived 1952 – present; head of state. Emir of the State of Qatar (Qatar), 1995 – 2013.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1952 – 2026; 74 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Qatar
Left it: served out the term; the ruler's own article

Emir of the State of Qatar

Qatar · the 9th of 10 dated reigns · 1851 – 2013

5 before

Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani1949 – 1960

Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani1960 – 1972

Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani1972 – 1995

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani1995 – 2013

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani2013 – …

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officea second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1995 – 2013 · 18 years · came to it aged 43

Came to it: seized powerthe child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: served out the termread from the ruler's own article

Hamad seized power from his father, Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, in a bloodless palace coup d'état in 1995.

On 25 June 2013, Hamad handed over power to his son Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in a televised speech.

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