Emir of Qatar

{{Short description|Head of state of Qatar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}} {{Infobox monarchy | royal_title = Emir | realm = the State of Qatar | type = other2 | native_name = {{lang|ar|أمير دولة قطر}} ''Amir Dawlat Qatar'' | coatofarms = | coatofarms_article = Emblem of Qatar | image = Emir of Qatar on February 19, 2025 (cropped).jpg | incumbent = Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | incumbentsince = 25 June 2013 | his/her = His | heir_presumptive = Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani | first_monarch = Mohammed bin Thani | date = {{start year and age|1851}} | residence = Amiri Diwan }} {{Politics of Qatar}} The '''Emir of the State of Qatar''' ({{langx|ar|أمير دولة قطر}}) is the monarch and head of state of Qatar. The emir is also the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces and guarantor of the constitution. The emir holds the most powerful position in the country, controlling all branches of state power, and has a prominent role in foreign relations.

The emirs are members of the House of Thani (''Al Thani''), whose origins are in the Banu Tamim, one of the largest tribes in the Arabian Peninsula. The current ruler is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who succeeded on 25 June 2013.<ref name="New Emir BBC">{{cite news |title=Qatari emir Hamad hands power to son Tamim |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-23026870 |access-date=25 June 2013 |work=BBC News |date=25 June 2013}}</ref>

==Historical background== All the emirs of Qatar have been members of the Al Thani family.<ref name="qr">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/about-qatar/qatars-rulers?sc_lang=en# Qatar's Rulers]. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref><ref name="tht">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/hh-the-amir#data--- ''His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani'']. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref> Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani is recognised as the first ruler, having begun his reign in 1851 when he united the country's tribes under his leadership.<ref name="mbt">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/about-qatar/qatars-rulers/sheikh-mohammed-bin-thani Sheikh Mohammed Bin Thani]. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref>

Qatar became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1871, although Sheikh Mohammed retained control of its internal affairs.<ref name="mbt"/><ref name="Rogan1199">{{cite journal |last1=Rogan |first1=Eugene |date=November 1999|title=Review of The Ottoman Gulf: The Creation of Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Qatar by Frederick F. Anscombe; The Blood-Red Arab Flag: An Investigation into Qasimi Piracy, 1797–1820 by Charles E. Davies; The Politics of Regional Trade in Iraq, Arabia and the Gulf, 1745–1900 by Hala Fattah | journal=British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages=339–342 |jstor=195948 |doi=10.1080/13530199908705688 |last2=Murphey |first2=Rhoads |last3=Masalha |first3=Nur |last4=Durac |first4=Vincent |last5=Hinnebusch |first5=Raymond}}</ref> Following his army's victory at the Battle of Al Wajbah in March 1893, the second ruler Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani has been recognised as Founder of the State of Qatar, although it remained part of the Ottoman Empire until July 1913.<ref name="jmt">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/about-qatar/qatars-rulers/sheikh-jassim-bin-mohammed-bin-thani Sheikh Jassim Bin Mohammed Bin Thani]. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref>

The Ottomans maintained a military presence in Qatar until August 1915 and Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani signed the Anglo-Qatari Treaty on 3 November 1916. Sheikh Abdullah was the Qatari ruler from 1913 to 1949, and is one of the few monarchs, alongside the likes of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, whose tenure extended through both world wars (1914–1945). Qatar's first oil well was drilled in October 1938, and oil was found at Dukhan (Dukhan Field) in January 1940.<ref name="ajt">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/about-qatar/qatars-rulers/sheikh-abdullah-bin-jassim-al-thani Sheikh Abdullah Bin Jassim Al Thani]. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref>

Qatar became an independent state on 3 September 1971 and, since then, the ruler has been styled emir (or "amir").<ref name="aat">[https://www.diwan.gov.qa/about-qatar/qatars-rulers/sheikh-ahmad-bin-ali-al-thani Sheikh Ahmad Bin Ali Al Thani]. ''Amiri Diwan''. Retrieved 11 July 2022.</ref>

== Constitutional role and authority == Qatar is officially a constitutional monarchy,<ref name="BBC9Sep05">BBC News, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3784765.stm ''How democratic is the Middle East?''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211002901/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3784765.stm|date=11 February 2021}}, 9 September 2005.</ref><ref name="USState2011">United States Department of State [https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/186656.pdf Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011: Qatar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026090100/https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/186656.pdf|date=26 October 2020}}, 2011.</ref> but the wide powers retained by the emir and his family have it bordering an absolute monarchy<ref name="ftManage">{{cite news |last=Gardener |first=David |title=Qatar shows how to manage a modern monarchy |url=https://www.ft.com/content/2e141faa-dd82-11e2-a756-00144feab7de |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224183440/https://www.ft.com/content/2e141faa-dd82-11e2-a756-00144feab7de |archive-date=24 February 2021 |access-date=5 December 2016 |newspaper=Financial Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date= |title=Embassy of Canada to the State of Qatar |url=https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/qatar/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/index.aspx?lang=eng&pedisable=true |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225094525/https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/qatar/bilateral_relations_bilaterales/index.aspx?lang=eng&pedisable=true |archive-date=25 February 2021 |access-date=4 February 2021 |work=Government of Canada |language=en}}</ref> and autocracy.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |title=The objections to Qatar hosting the World Cup reek of Eurocentrism |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2022-world-cup-qatar-time-fifa-came-arab-world-rcna57749 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122171942/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2022-world-cup-qatar-time-fifa-came-arab-world-rcna57749 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |quote=In condemning Qatar, we should remember that the population of this authoritarian monarchy |agency=nbc}}</ref><ref name="MEPEI">{{cite web |title=Political Stability: the Mysterious Case of Qatar |url=https://mepei.com/political-stability-the-mysterious-case-of-qatar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122173513/https://mepei.com/political-stability-the-mysterious-case-of-qatar/ |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=Middle East Political and Economic Institute |quote=; the Qatari state remains fundamentally autocratic}}</ref> The emir holds the primary role in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, and also maintains ultimate control over the military.

=== Executive authority === The emir and his family hold uncontested control over the executive branch. While the Consultative Assembly holds some "limited ability to offset executive power in certain areas",<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Qatar: Freedom in the World 2024 Country Report |url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/qatar/freedom-world/2024 |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=Freedom House |language=en}}</ref> all its members are themselves appointed by the emir.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Gambrell |first=Jon |date=2024-11-05 |title=Qataris votes to end limited polls for legislative seats in shadow of US election |url=https://apnews.com/article/qatar-constitutional-amendment-vote-elections-9c9125cb4bb6d6e98bc73cf5a7cbdaea |access-date=2025-10-30 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref> The emir has the exclusive power to appoint and replace the prime minister and cabinet ministers, who together constitute the Council of Ministers, which is the main executive authority in the country.<ref name="embassycouncil">{{cite web |title=Council of Ministers |url=http://www.qatarembassy.net/council.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100612090451/http://qatarembassy.net/council.asp |archive-date=12 June 2010 |access-date=4 March 2012 |publisher=Embassy of the State of Qatar in Washington DC}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

=== Legislative authority === In 2003, Qatar adopted a constitution that provided for the direct election of 30 of the 45 members of a legislature.<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |date=8 February 2012 |title=Qatar |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/qatar/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709105408/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/qatar/ |archive-date=9 July 2021 |access-date=4 March 2012 |work=CIA World Factbook |publisher=Central Intelligence Agency}}</ref><ref name="Lambert2011a">{{cite journal |last=Lambert |first=Jennifer |year=2011 |title=Political Reform in Qatar: Participation, Legitimacy and Security |url=http://mepc.org/journal/middle-east-policy-archives/political-reform-qatar-participation-legitimacy-and-security?print |url-status=live |journal=Middle East Policy |volume=19 |issue=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116235840/http://mepc.org/journal/middle-east-policy-archives/political-reform-qatar-participation-legitimacy-and-security?print |archive-date=16 January 2013 |access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="Reut20111101">{{cite news |date=1 November 2011 |title=Qatar to hold advisory council elections in 2013 |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-qatar-election-idUKTRE7A01US20111101 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118142354/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-qatar-election-idUKTRE7A01US20111101 |archive-date=18 January 2016 |access-date=4 March 2012 |work=Reuters (UK edition) |publisher=Reuters}}</ref> However, the legislature has limited powers to reject legislation by the emir and dismiss ministers.<ref name=":22">{{cite news |title=The objections to Qatar hosting the World Cup reek of Eurocentrism |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2022-world-cup-qatar-time-fifa-came-arab-world-rcna57749 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122171942/https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/2022-world-cup-qatar-time-fifa-came-arab-world-rcna57749 |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |quote=In condemning Qatar, we should remember that the population of this authoritarian monarchy |agency=nbc}}</ref><ref name="MEPEI2">{{cite web |title=Political Stability: the Mysterious Case of Qatar |url=https://mepei.com/political-stability-the-mysterious-case-of-qatar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122173513/https://mepei.com/political-stability-the-mysterious-case-of-qatar/ |archive-date=22 November 2022 |access-date=22 November 2022 |website=Middle East Political and Economic Institute |quote=; the Qatari state remains fundamentally autocratic}}</ref> After nearly 20 years of postponements, the assembly held its first partial election in October 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Thafer |first1=Dania |date=14 October 2021 |title=Qatar's first elected parliament may have more power than other Persian Gulf legislatures. Here's why. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/qatars-first-elected-parliament-may-have-more-power-than-other-persian-gulf-legislatures-heres-why/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123214801/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/qatars-first-elected-parliament-may-have-more-power-than-other-persian-gulf-legislatures-heres-why/ |archive-date=23 January 2022 |access-date=2 April 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Qatari elections: A PR stunt or a step toward democracy? {{!}} DW {{!}} 24 August 2021 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/qatari-elections-a-pr-stunt-or-a-step-toward-democracy/a-58970500 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824193240/https://www.dw.com/en/qatari-elections-a-pr-stunt-or-a-step-toward-democracy/a-58970500 |archive-date=24 August 2021 |access-date=7 November 2021 |website=DW.COM |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=17 June 2016 |title=Legislative elections in Qatar postponed until at least 2019 |url=https://dohanews.co/legislative-elections-in-qatar-postponed-until-at-least-2019/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929231332/https://dohanews.co/legislative-elections-in-qatar-postponed-until-at-least-2019/ |archive-date=29 September 2017 |access-date=26 May 2017 |work=Doha News |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2024, however, the country's "short-lived experiment" in electing members of the Consultative Assembly ended with a constitutional referendum abolishing future elections. Qatar's state news agency stated that the referendum will "strengthen the social fabric in the most beautiful image and form, which honestly represents an important stage in the country's victorious march and its national unity". The Associated Press noted that the 2021 election came "about a year ahead of Qatar hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup, an event that drew intense scrutiny from the West of the country's treatment of foreign laborers and its system of governance", and called the 2024 referendum "another rollback in the hereditarily ruled Gulf Arab states of halting steps to embrace representational rule".<ref name=":3" />

=== Judicial authority === While the constitution makes some guarantees on judicial independence, and judges are nominated for appointment by a "Supreme Council of the Judiciary" composed of senior judges, the emir appoints all judges, and "ultimately controls the judiciary".<ref name=":0" />

=== Military and security authority === The emir is the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. This title enshrines his role as the ultimate authority over all military branches: the Qatari Emiri Land Force, Qatari Emiri Navy, Qatari Emiri Air Force and Qatari Emiri Guard. He also appoints military personnel and terminates their service. This power is absolute and places the entire military apparatus under his direct control. Setting defense policy "is the sole responsibility of the emir and his closest advisors", and the consultative assembly has never debated security issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Steadman |first=Matthew |date=October 2021 |title=Country Brief: Qatar |url=https://ti-defence.org/gdi/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/11/Qatar_GDI-2020-Brief.pdf |series=Government Defense Integrity Index |publisher=Transparency International Defence & Security}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Al Meezan - Qatary Legal Portal {{!}} Legislations {{!}} The Permanent Constitution of the State of Qatar |url=https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=6681&lawId=2284&language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320065100/https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=6681&lawId=2284&language=en |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=2025-11-11 |website=www.almeezan.qa |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Succession== Originally, those eligible for succession were simply those "within the Al Thani family", but within months of the 1995 coup that brought him to power, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani declared changing the line of succession to only include his own male descendants.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kamrava |first=Mehran |date=2009-07-01 |title=Royal factionalism and political liberalization in Qatar |journal=The Middle East Journal |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=417 |quote=Mindful of the potential dangers of persistent factionalism within the Al Thani family, within months of assuming power the Amir issued a decree declaring that the line of succession had changed from "within the Al Thani family" to "male descendants of Hamad bin Khalifa." This was a significant institutional step aimed at curtailing factional in-fighting and competition within the Al Thanis.}}</ref> The permanent constitution of the state of Qatar, published in 2005, dictates that the emir must appoint a crown prince to be his successor from amongst his male children, in consultation with members of the Al Thani Ruling Family. To be eligible for appointment as crown prince, a candidate must be Muslim and born of a Qatari mother. In the event that the ruling Emir has no eligible male children, the emir must select the crown prince from amongst the eligible members of the broader Al Thani family.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.almeezan.qa/LawArticles.aspx?LawTreeSectionID=6673&lawId=2284&language=en |title=The State and the Basis of its Rule |work=Al Meezan |publisher=State of Qatar |year=2022 |access-date=11 July 2022}}</ref>

The former emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, appointed his fourth son, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, as heir apparent on 5 August 2003, after his older son Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani (who held the position between 1996 and 2003) renounced his rights to the throne in favour of Sheikh Tamim.<ref>{{cite news |title=New Qatar crown prince named |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3124575.stm |work=BBC News |date=5 August 2003 |access-date=17 March 2021}}</ref>

The three previous transitions of power between emirs happened as a result of coups or forced abdications.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Kamrava |first=Mehran |date=2009-07-01 |title=Royal factionalism and political liberalization in Qatar |journal=The Middle East Journal |volume=63 |issue=3 |pages=417 |quote=All of the last three leadership transitions — in 1949, 1960, and 1995 — have come about as a result of forced abdications, with the reigning Amir unable to successfully deal with the "seriousness of the threat unhappy relatives posed to the ruler’s health."}}</ref> Hamad bin Khalifa replaced his father, Emir Khalifa bin Hamad, in a bloodless palace coup in June 1995 while Khalifa was on a visit to Geneva, Switzerland.<ref name="ind">{{cite web |author=Patrick Cockburn |date=28 June 1995 |title=Emir of Qatar deposed by his son |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/emir-of-qatar-deposed-by-his-son-1588698.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/emir-of-qatar-deposed-by-his-son-1588698.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |access-date=1 June 2018 |work=The Independent}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="dnews">{{cite news |date=27 June 1995 |title=Prince deposes father in Qatar |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/425035/PRINCE-DEPOSES-FATHER-IN-QATAR-PALACE-COUP.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009122301/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/425035/PRINCE-DEPOSES-FATHER-IN-QATAR-PALACE-COUP.html |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |access-date=26 June 2013 |newspaper=Deseret News}}</ref><ref name="CSM1">{{cite journal |last=Harman |first=Danna |date=5 March 2007 |title=Backstory: The royal couple that put Qatar on the map |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0305/p20s01-wome.html/%28page%29/2 |journal=Christian Science Monitor |access-date=10 November 2010 |quote=He was of a new generation, open to the sorts of social, technological, economic, and political ideas from outside that his elders had never known. And, surrounding himself with young, Western-educated advisers, the new emir got right down to the business of remaking the national agenda of this traditional Wahhabi land.}}</ref><ref name="Current_Leaders">{{cite book |url=http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1610000166&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=f37eaa4c06172a6eac8bf7d9deb7f23b |title=Current Leaders of Nations |publisher=Gale |year=1998 |chapter=Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Emir |format=fee, via Fairfax County Public Library |id=GALE-K1610000166 |access-date=2 March 2012}} Gale Biography in Context. {{subscription required}}</ref> Khalifa had himself replaced his own uncle, Emir Ahmad bin Ali, under similar circumstances while Ahmad was on a visit to Iran in February 1972.<ref name="Ottawac">{{cite news |date=23 February 1972 |title=Qatar PM seizes power from cousin |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VKIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3837,2236057&dq=khalifa+bin+hamad+al+thani&hl=en |accessdate=27 June 2013 |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |location=Beirut |agency=AP}}</ref> Emir Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani was forced to abdicate in favour of his son, Ahmad bin Ali, in October 1960.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=B. Roberts |first=David |date=2017-08-18 |title=Qatar's Domestic Stability and the Gulf Crisis |url=https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/qatars-domestic-stability-and-gulf-crisis |access-date=2026-04-12 |website=The Washington Institute |language=en}}</ref>

==List of rulers== {{Succession table monarch | name1 = Sheikh '''Mohammed bin Thani''' | nickname1 = Hakim of Qatar Peninsula | native1 = {{lang|ar|محمد بن ثاني}} | life1 = 1788 – December 1878 (aged 90) | reignstart1 = 1851<ref name="mbt"/> | reignend1 = 18 December 1878 | notes1 = Son of Thani bin Mohammed. | family1 = Al Thani | image1 = | alt1 = Mohammed bin Thani of Qatar

| name2 = Sheikh '''Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani''' | nickname2 = The Founder<ref name="jmt"/><ref name="ndqatar">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndqatar.com/english/qatar/pages/ourhistory.aspx |title=Qatar National Day: Our History |accessdate=5 August 2012 |publisher=ndqatar.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120110191814/https://www.ndqatar.com/english/qatar/pages/ourhistory.aspx |archive-date=10 January 2012}}</ref> | native2 = {{lang|ar|جاسم بن محمد آل ثاني}} | life2 = 1825 – 17 July 1913 (aged 87–88) | reignstart2 = 18 December 1878<ref name="jmt"/> | reignend2 = 17 July 1913<ref name="jmt"/> | notes2 = Son of Mohammed bin Thani. | family2 = Al Thani | image2 = Jassim bin Muhammad Al Thani.jpg | alt2 = Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani of Qatar

| name3 = Sheikh '''Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani''' | nickname3 = | native3 = {{lang|ar|أحمد بن محمد بن ثاني}} | life3 = 1853 – December 1905 (aged 52) | reignstart3 = 1898 | reignend3 = 1905 {{small|(''assassinated'')}} {{small|(''after his brother abdicated in favor of him until he was killed'')}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100026021680.0x000092|title=File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [170v] (345/860)|date=2015-08-20|website=Qatar Digital Library|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref> | notes3 = Son of Mohammed bin Thani. | family3 = Al Thani | image3 = | alt3 = Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani of Qatar

| name4 = Sheikh '''Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani''' | nickname4 = | native4 = {{lang|ar|محمد بن جاسم آل ثاني}} | life4 = {{Birth date|1881|1|17|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1971|4|8|1881|1|17|df=y}} | reignstart4 = 1913 | reignend4 = 1914 {{small|(''abdicated'')}} {{small|''(reigned for 10 months)''}} | notes4 = Son of Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. | family4 = Al Thani | image4 = | alt4 = Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar

| name5 = Sheikh '''Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani''' | nickname5 = | native5 = {{lang|ar|عبد الله بن جاسم آل ثاني}} | life5 = {{Birth date|1880|2|11|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1957|4|25|1880|2|11|df=y}} | reignstart5 = 17 July 1914 | reignend5 = 20 August 1949 {{small|(''abdicated'')}} | notes5 = Son of Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani. | family5 = Al Thani | image5 = عبدالله بن جاسم آل ثاني.jpg | alt5 = Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar

| name6 = Sheikh '''Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani''' | nickname6 = | native6 = {{lang|ar|علي بن عبد الله آل ثاني}} | life6 = {{Birth date|1895|6|5|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|1974|8|31|1895|6|5|df=y}} | reignstart6 = 20 August 1949 | reignend6 = 24 October 1960 {{small|(''abdicated'')}} | notes6 = Son of Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani and Mariam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah. | family6 = Al Thani | image6 = Sheikh Ali Bin Abdullah Al Thani.jpg | alt6 = Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani of Qatar

| name7 = Sheikh '''Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani''' | nickname7 = | native7 = {{lang|ar|أحمد بن علي آل ثاني}} | life7 = 1922 – 25 November 1977 (aged 54–55) | reignstart7 = 24 October 1960 | reignend7 = 22 February 1972 {{small|(''deposed'')}}<ref name="oc">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VKIyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3837,2236057&dq=khalifa+bin+hamad+al+thani&hl=en |title=Qatar PM seizes power from cousin |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |agency=AP |location=Beirut |date=23 February 1972 |access-date=27 June 2013 }}</ref> | notes7 = Son of Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani. | family7 = Al Thani | image7 = | alt7 = Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani of Qatar

| name8 = Sheikh '''Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani''' | nickname8 = | native8 = {{lang|ar|خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني}} | life8 = {{Birth date|1932|9|17|df=y}} – {{Death date and age|2016|10|23|1932|9|17|df=y}} | reignstart8 = 22 February 1972 | reignend8 = 27 June 1995 {{small|(''deposed'')}}<ref name="dnews" /> | notes8 = Nephew of Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani. | family8 = Al Thani | image8 = | alt8 = Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar

| name9 = Sheikh '''Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani''' | nickname9 = The Father Emir<ref>{{cite journal |date= 29 December 2015 |title= Qatar's Father Emir flown to Switzerland to treat broken leg |url= http://dohanews.co/qatars-father-emir-airlifted-switzerland-treat-broken-leg/ |journal= Doha News |access-date= 6 April 2016}}</ref> | native9 = {{lang|ar|حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني}} | life9 = {{Birth date and age|1952|1|1|df=y}} | reignstart9 = 27 June 1995 | reignend9 = 25 June 2013 {{small|(''abdicated'')}}<ref name="New Emir BBC" /> | notes9 = Son of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani and Aisha bint Hamad Al Attiyah. | family9 = Al Thani | image9 = 5th Global Forum Vienna 2013 (8512954534) (cropped).jpg | alt9 = Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar

| name10 = Sheikh '''Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani''' | nickname10 = | native10 = {{lang|ar|تميم بن حمد آل ثاني}} | life10 = {{Birth date and age|1980|6|3|df=y}} | reignstart10= 25 June 2013<ref name="New Emir BBC" /> | reignend10 = Incumbent | notes10 = Son of Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and Moza bint Nasser. | family10 = Al Thani | image10 = Emir of Qatar on February 19, 2025 (cropped).jpg | alt10 = Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Qatar }}

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