Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
|||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
Line 10:
| predecessor = [[Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah bin Khalifa]]
| successor = [[Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah bin Nasser]]
| order1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar]]
| monarch1 = [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
| term_start1 = 2003
| term_end1 = 2007
| predecessor1 = [[Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
| successor1 = [[Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah]]
| office2 = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| predecessor2 = Mubarak Ali Al Khater
Line 39 ⟶ 45:
Between 1982 and 1989, Hamad was the director of the office of the minister of municipal affairs and agriculture. In July 1989, he was appointed minister of municipal affairs and agriculture and in May 1990, he was appointed deputy minister of electricity and water along with his post as minister of municipal affairs and agriculture, where he supervised several successful projects and developed the agriculture sector.<ref name="CV Brookings">[http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2006/0218islamic%20world/20060218bios.pdf 2006 U.S.-Islamic World Forum Biographies – Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605133300/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2006/0218islamic%20world/20060218bios.pdf |date=5 June 2011 }} – [[Brookings Institution]]</ref>
On 1 September 1992, Hamad was appointed as foreign minister of Qatar by the 8th Emir. He was retained in his post when the Emir's son, [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] came to power in a coup in 1995. Hamad played an important role in the overthrow of the 8th Emir. On 16 September 2003, Hamad was appointed [[Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar|first deputy prime minister]] while retaining his position of minister of foreign affairs. On 2 April 2007, he was appointed as [[List of Prime Ministers of Qatar|prime minister]], following the resignation of [[Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani]]; Hamad also continued to serve as foreign minister.<ref>[http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20236 "Qatar’s emir appoints new PM"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013204156/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20236 |date=13 October 2008 }}, Middle East Online, 3 April 2007.</ref> HBJ had vast foreign policy goals for Qatar during his tenure.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/smooth-operator-qatar-s-ex-pm-breaks-his-silence-1374778660|title=Smooth operator: Qatar's ex-PM breaks his silence|website=Middle East Eye|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>
Hamad was reported to have had strong connections with the US government. He serves on the International Advisory Council of the [[Brookings Institution]] and chairs the International Advisory Council of the [[Brookings Doha Center]]. He has stakes in many strong businesses such as [[Qatar Airways]] and the Foreign Investment Company, [[Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company]], [[The Pearl Island]] and [[Harrods]]. He is a partner in Project Grande (Guernsey), the developer of [[One Hyde Park]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=times>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article7101387.ece|title=What recession? Flats in Central London go on sale at £5m-plus|access-date=7 November 2010|work=The Times|date=18 April 2010}}</ref>
Line 160 ⟶ 166:
[[Category:Foreign ministers of Qatar]]
[[Category:Prime ministers of Qatar]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Qatar]]▼
[[Category:Qatari billionaires]]
[[Category:Qatari Muslims]]
Line 165 ⟶ 172:
[[Category:People named in the Panama Papers]]
[[Category:People named in the Paradise Papers]]
▲[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Qatar]]
| |||