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The Al Thani (Arabic: آل ثاني‎) family is the ruling (emiri) family of Qatar whose origins can be traced back to the Banu Tamim. The Al Thani family has been ruling Qatar since the state's foundation in 1825.

List of Hakims and Emirs:

• Sheikh Thani bin Mohammed, Hakim of Qatar (1825–1850)
• Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani, Hakim of Qatar (1850–1878)
• Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1878–1913)
• Sheikh Abdullah bin Jasssim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1914–1945)
• Shiekh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1945–1946)
• Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1949–1960)
• Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1960–1972)
• Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1972–1995)
• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1995–present).

Family tree[link]

The Emir Jassim Branch[link]

• • Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (ca. 1825–1913) Founder of Modern Qatar
    • Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani- Defacto ruler
      • Jassim bin Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani
        • Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani
    • Ali bin Jassim Al Thani
    • Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani - Ruler
      • Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani - Ruler
        • Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - Emir
          • Abdelaziz bin Ahmed Al Thani (1945–2008), ex-crown Prince (in-exile)
        • Muhammed bin Ali Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani (Sharjah)^{[citation needed]}
          • Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani^{[citation needed]}
      • Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
        • Sultan bin Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
      • Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani - Crown Prince (died before his father)
        • Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Saud bin Ahmed Al Thani, (born 1969) former Qatari footballer
        • Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani
        • Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Saud bin Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
        • Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
        • Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Khalid Al Thani
        • Suhaim bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
            • Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani
        • Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani - Emir
          • Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani - Emir
            • Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani - Heir Apparent (till 2003)
            • Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - Heir Apparent (since 2003)
            • Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani
            • Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani
    • Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani
      • Jassim bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Saud bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Hassan bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Mubarak bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Faleh bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Nasser bin Fahad Al Thani
    • Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
    • Thani bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani
      • Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
        • Thamir bin Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Thamir Al Thani^{[citation needed]}

Ahmed bin Muhammad branch[link]

• • Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani -Governor of Doha
    • Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani
        • Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani
    • Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
        • Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Minister of State for Internal Affairs
    • Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • Nasser bin Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani
    • Khalid bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • Ahmed bin Khalid Al Thani
      • Nasser bin Khalid Al Thani, founder of Nasser bin Khalid Holdings
        • Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani
    • Ahmed bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • • Mubarak bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Hamad bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Nasser bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Poopbutt bin Abdullah Al Thani

Jabr bin Muhammad branch[link]

• • Jabr bin Muhammed Al Thani
    • Muhammad bin Jabr Al Thani
      • Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Jabr Al Thani
    • Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani
      • Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister
      • Jaber bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
        • Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani
    • Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
      • Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
        • Muhammed bin Saud Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Saud Al Thani

Thamir bin Muhammad branch[link]

• • Thamir bin Muhammed Al Thani
    • Issa bin Thamir bin Muhammed Al Thani

See also[link]

• List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
• Line of succession to the Qatari throne

The Al Thani Royal family of Qatar

Charlie Rose
Rose in May 2010
Born	Charles Peete Rose, Jr. (1942-01-05) January 5, 1942 (age 70) Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
Education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
Occupation	Talk show host Journalist
Years active	1972–present
Notable credit(s)	Charlie Rose, 60 Minutes II, 60 Minutes, CBS News Nightwatch, CBS This Morning
Website
http://www.charlierose.com/

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942)^[1] is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted Charlie Rose, an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored CBS This Morning since January 2012. Rose, along with Lara Logan, has hosted the revived CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted from 1953 to 1961 by Edward R. Murrow.^[2]

Early life[link]

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child^[3] of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store.^[4][5] As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.^[6] Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble.^[7] A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics.^[8] Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968.^[6] He met his wife, Mary (née King), while attending Duke.^[3][4]

Career[link]

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series Bill Moyers' International Report. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of Bill Moyers Journal. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series U.S.A.: People and Politics, won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the Charlie Rose show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of CBS News Nightwatch, the network's first late-night news broadcast. The Nightwatch broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987.^[4] In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of Personalities, a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. Charlie Rose premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.^[9]

Rose was a correspondent for 60 Minutes II^[10] from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on 60 Minutes.^[11]

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009.^[3] In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor CBS This Morning, replacing The Early Show, commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances[link]

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film Primary Colors,^[12] in a 2000 episode of The Simpsons^[13] and in the 2008 movie Elegy.^[14] He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, The Ides of March.

[edit] Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time."^[15] Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of The Charlie Rose Show, paying "six or possibly seven figures."^[16] Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side.^[17][18] Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the Washington Post reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on 60 Minutes II about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."^[16]

[edit] Quiet influence

The New York Times reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.^[19]

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008;^[20] Spain in 2010;^[21] and Switzerland in 2011.^[22] These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics^[who?] speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.^{[23][unreliable source?]}

Personal life[link]

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and chairman of the New York City Planning Commission and director of the city department of planning Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.^[24]

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure.^[25] Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview, Rose described his life as "great and glorious."^[7] He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a 575-acre (2.33 km²) farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C.^[3] and an apartment in Paris, France.

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show
• Charlie Rose official channel on YouTube
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Charlie Rose at the Internet Movie Database
• Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the Los Angeles Times
• Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Charlie Rose at the Notable Names Database
• Charlie Rose shows on Hulu
• celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose
• Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, Fortune, September 28, 2009

Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني
Emir of Qatar
Reign	27 June 1995 – present
Coronation	20 June 2000[citation needed]
Predecessor	Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Heir apparent	Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Prime Ministers	See list Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
Prime Minister of Qatar
Reign	27 June 1995 – 29 October 1996
Predecessor	Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Successor	Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani
Spouse	Mariam bint Muhammad Mozah bint Nasser Noora bint Khalid
Issue
See link
House	House of Thani
Father	Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Mother	Sheikha Al-Atiyyah
Born	January 1952 (age 60) Doha, Qatar

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخ حمد بن خليفة ال ثاني‎, born 1 January 1952) is the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar since 1995.^[1][2]Sheikh Hamad was the appointed Heir Apparent of Qatar between 1977 and 1995 and at the same time Minister of Defense.^[3] In the early 1980s he led the Supreme Planning Council, which sets the Qatar's basic economic and social policies. Starting in 1992, Hamad had a growing responsibility for the day-to-day running of the country,^[4] including the development of Qatar's oil and natural gas resources. On 27 June 1995, after deposing his father in a palace coup, Sheikh Hamad became Emir of Qatar and was crowned on 20 June 2000.^[4]

Early life[link]

As Emir[link]

Sheikh Hamad at the Metropolitan Museum (New York).
From left to right: The second wife of the emir, Sheikha Mozah, First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama, the Emir, and U.S. President Barack Obama.

In the early 1980s, Hamad led the Supreme Planning Council, which sets the Qatar's basic economic and social policies. Starting in 1992, Hamad's father handed over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the country,^[4] including the development of Qatar's oil and natural gas resources. With the support of his family, Sheikh Hamad took control of the country in 1995 while his father was on vacation abroad.^[4] While his father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was in Geneva, Switzerland, Hamad bin Khalifa deposed him in a bloodless 1995 coup d'état.^[5] Hamad bin Khalifa engaged an American law firm to freeze his father's bank accounts abroad, thereby defeating a possible countercoup.^[4] Thereafter, his father lived in exile in France and Abu Dhabi^[5] until he returned to Qatar in 2004.

The Emir is considered to be progressive among leaders of Muslim countries. In a break with the traditional role, his second wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned has been a visible advocate for education and children's causes.^[4]

A sportsman^{[citation needed]} and an accomplished diver, Hamad has played an active role in promoting and developing athletics in Qatar. His activism has enhanced the country's involvement and performance in a number of international competitions, including: winning an Olympic medal in track and field; hosting a wide variety of international sporting events such as the 15th Asian Games, GCC, Asian and World Youth soccer championships; and initiating the Qatar Open Tennis Championship which has grown to become one of two premier tennis competitions in the Middle East.

Under his rule the Qatari government helped to fund the Al Jazeera news network, funding it by an emiri decree.^[6] In an analysis of Al Jazeera, Hugh Miles claimed that diplomats from other countries know that the Emir is the real power behind Al Jazeera but he also quotes a network spokesman denying 'countless times' this accusation, adding that many independent news sources also have subsidies from their respective governments without this implying editorial dabbling and explaining that trying to coerce the kind of journalists Al Jazeera has would be like trying to 'herd cats'.^[7] Sheik Hamad is a distant cousin of the network chairman, Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, who was previously Minister of Information in the Emir Al-Thani government. Following the initial US$137 million grant from Emir Al-Thani, Al Jazeera had aimed to become self-sufficient through advertising by 2001, but when this failed to occur, the Emir agreed to several consecutive loans^[7] on a year-by-year basis (US$30 million in 2004,^[8] according to Arnaud de Borchgrave). At an October 3, 2001 press conference, Colin Powell tried to persuade Sheik Hamad to shut down Al Jazeera while The New York based organization Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting commented that in those efforts, "Powell and other U.S. officials were reportedly upset by the channel re-airing old interviews with bin Laden and the inclusion of guests that are too critical of the United States on its programs."^[9][10] The Washington Post reported in 2005 that Sheik Hamad was under pressure to privatize the network.^[11]

Foreign relations[link]

The emir made a generous donation for the relief of New Orleans and its environs following the 2005 Hurricane Katrina.^[12]

In 2012, the emir proposed deploying Arab troops to reduce killings in the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising.^[13]

He has provided two military bases for foreign troops, Al Udeid Air Base and Camp As Sayliyah.

Despite the prevalence of anti-Israel sentiment within the Arab world, he has maintained friendly relations with Israel.^[5] He met Foreign Minister of Israel Tzipi Livni (25 September 2007) in New York. This marks the first real attempt by any leader in the Persian Gulf to pursue dialogue with Israel.^[14][15] He does object to Israeli settlement policy, especially the Judaization of Jerusalem.^[16]

Marriages and children[link]

Sheikh Hamad with Russian president Vladimir Putin

Sheikh Hamad has three wives and twenty-four children, eleven sons and thirteen daughters:

• He married his first wife H.H. Sheikha Mariam bint Muhammad Al-Thani, who is the daughter of his first cousin, Sheikh Muhammad bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al-Thani ^[17] Hamad and his first wife have two sons and six daughters:
  • H.E. Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1972)
  • H.E. Sheikh Fahd bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Aisha bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Hussah bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Sara bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani – Program Coordinator for Reach Out to Asia-Qatar (ROTAQ)
  • H.E. Sheikha Rawdah bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Fatima bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Mashael bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani

• His second wife is H.H. Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Misnad (born 8 August 1959, Al-Khor), the daughter of Nasser bin Abdullah Al Missned. Together they have five sons and two daughters:
  • H.H. Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1978) – Heir Apparent of Qatar before 2003
  • H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar (born 1980) – Heir Apparent of Qatar since 2003
  • H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1983)
  • H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1985)
  • H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1988)
  • H.E. Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1991)
  • H.E. Sheikha Hind bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani – director of the Emir’s Office since 2009

• Hamad also has a third wife, H.H. Sheikha Noora bint Khalid Al-Thani, daughter of H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani, who was the Minister of the Interior. Together they have four sons and five daughters:
  • H.E. Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1978)
  • H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani – president of the Al-Rayyan Sports Club
  • H.E. Sheikh Thani bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikh Al-Qaqa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Lulwaa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Maha bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Dana bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Al-Anood bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
  • H.E. Sheikha Mariam bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani

Titles, styles and honours[link]

Monarchical styles of The Emir of Qatar
Reference style	His Highness
Spoken style	Your Highness
Alternative style	Sheikh

Titles and styles[link]

• Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1952–1972)
• His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (1972–1977)
• His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Heir Apparent of Qatar (1977–1995)
• His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar (1995–present)

Honours and awards[link]

Sheikh Hamad received numerous honours and awards, both during and before his time as Emir:^[18]

National honours[link]

•  Albania: Skanderbeg's Order (decorated by President of Albania Bamir Topi on 18 October 2011) ^[19][20]
•  Albania: Honorary Citizen of Tirana, capital of Albania (12 October 2011)^[21]
• Cote D'Ivoire: Collar of the Greater Star (2002)
•  Croatia: Knight Grand Cross of the Grand Order of King Tomislav (2009)
•  Cuba: Member of the Order of José Marti (2000)
•  Dominican Republic: Grand Cross with Gold Breast Star of the Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez and Mella (2008)
•  Egypt: Order of the Nile
•  Finland: Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (2007)
•  France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour (1998)
•  France: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (1980)
•  Germany: Grand Cross 1st class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999)
•  Greece: The Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer (2007)
•  Indonesia: Piagam Tanda Kehormatan (1977)
•  Italy: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2000)
•  Jordan: Collar of the Order of al-Hussein bin Ali (1995)
•  Lebanon: Grand Cordon of the National Order of the Cedar (2000)
•  Lebanon: Grand Cordon of the Lebanese Order of Merit (1986)
•  Macedonia: Order of the 8th of September (2011)
•  Malta: National Order of Merit
•  Morocco: Special Class of the Order of the Mohammediya (2002)
•  Morocco: First Class of the Order of the Mohammediya medal (1986)
•  Netherlands: Grand Cross of Order of the Netherlands Lion (March 2011)^[22]
•  Oman: Member of the Order of Merit (Wisam al-Asthaq, 1995)
•  Oman: Order of Oman (Wisam Al-Sharif Al-Oman, 1975)
•  Pakistan: Nishan-e-Pakistan (1999)
•  Portugal: Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique (2009)
•  Romania: Sash rank of the Order of the Star of Romania (1999)^[23]
•  Saudi Arabia: Order of Abdulaziz al Saud (1976)
•  Senegal: Grand Cross of the Order of the National Lion (1998)
•  Tunisia: Medal of 7th November (1997)
•  United Kingdom: Honourary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG, 1976)
•  Venezuela: Grand Collar of the Order of the Liberator (2010)
•  Venezuela: Order of Francisco de Miranda (1977)
•  Yemen: Order of Republic (2000)

Other awards[link]

• 55px IAAF: Golden Order of Merit (2005)

Sports investments[link]

Media sources claimed that Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made a bid for Manchester United on February 11, 2011. Qatari Holdings offered £1.6 billion to Malcolm Glazer, the current American owner of the club.^[24] This follows a series of endeavors by the Emir and other Qataris into the World Football community, following Qatar's successful bid for the 2022 World Cup, and the Qatar Foundation's recent £125m shirt deal with FC Barcelona. In mid-June 2011, rumours resurfaced that Qatari Holdings were preparing a £2 Billion takeover bid and that the funding, that the club had been using for transfers since the start of June, was actually supplied by the Qataris and not the Glazer Family.^[25]. In 2012 it was rumoured that Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was in bid for Rangers F.C.. ^[26]. On 30 march 2012 sheik Al Thani offered to buy KF Tirana, although the details aren't published yet.^[27]

See also[link]

• Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani (Heir apparent)
• Emir of Qatar
• House of Thani
• List of the richest royals

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Official site of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
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• Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani collected news and commentary at Al Jazeera English
• Genealogy of The Al-Thani Dynasty, Page 7 - Website RoyalArk.net
• Portrait of His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani
• Denver Post article on His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani and his rise to power
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• Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani at the Internet Movie Database

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