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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

b. 1952 · 20th century

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was emir of Qatar from 1995, when he deposed his father Khalifa bin Hamad, until he abdicated in favour of his son Tamim in 2013. He used the country's vast natural gas revenues to transform Qatar, founded the Al Jazeera network in 1996, hosted a major US air base and pursued an assertive, independent foreign policy.

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
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State of Qatar

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