The Al Thani (Arabic: آل ثاني) family is the ruling family of Qatar. They belong to the Al-Maadeed and therefore of the Al Bin Ali, the tribe of Isa Bin Tarif 1.
They include:
- Sheikh AbdelAziz Bin Khalifa Al-Thani,Minister for Finance and Petroleum 1972-1992
- Muhammad bin Thani Ruler of Qatar (1850-1878) (first ruler)
- Ahmad ibn `Ali Al Thani, Emir 1960- 1972
- Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir 1972-1995
- Hamad bin Khalifa, present Emir
- Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, wife of present Emir
- Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Crown Prince
- Hamad ibn Jaber Al Thani, present PM and Foreign Minister, cousin of the Emir
- Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani, former PM, younger brother of the Emir
- Abdullah Bin Khalid Al-Thani, Minister of the Interior 2000-2005
- Suhaim bin Hamad Al-Thani Minister for Foreign Affairs 1972-1985
- Muhammad bin Jassim bin Muhammad
- Nasser bin Khalid Al-Thani Minister for Commerce and National Economy 1970-1983
- Hamad bin Nasser bin Jasim Al-Thani Leader of the AL-Thani ruling family Council.
- Jassim Bin Hamad Bin abdallah Al-Thani Minister of Edecattion 1970-1976
- shaikh Abdelaziz bin khalifa al-thani, Petroleum and finance Minster 1972- 1992
References
- ^ John Gordon Lorimer, Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman , and Central Arabia, Vol 1, p802, Vol 3, p 455
See also
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