My father, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, believed leadership meant putting Qatar and its people first.
A tribute to the late Father Emir from Al Jazeera's Chairman of Board of Directors Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani.
From Gaza to India, this is how the world paid tribute to Qatar's Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Qatar's late Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani’s 18-year rule brought pivotal changes towards women empowerment.
The government, through an order, directed that there shall be no official entertainment or celebratory State functions during the period of mourning
Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who ruled Qatar from 1995 to 2013, will be laid to rest at Lusail Cemetery in Doha.
Funeral prayers have been held for the Father Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, at Qatar’s national mosque.
‘Sheikh Hamad will be fondly remembered across the Gulf’
He took power in 1996 after staging a bloodless coup against his father, and went on to transform Qatar into the gas-rich power it is today.
Former UK Ambassador to Qatar Sir Graham Boyce remembers the late Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made Qatar safe by making it relevant.
Leader known as Qatar's father emir was able to redefine his nation's position on the political map of the Middle East.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani: key mediations
Qatar mourns Father Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Sheikh Hamad's 18-year rule catapulted Qatar to prosperity and reshaped its domestic, regional and global footprint.
After Sheikh Hamad's death, global leaders offer condolences, praise his legacy and Qatar’s growth.
The Father Emir oversaw the meteoric rise of the small gas-rich nation.
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, who as ruler of Qatar transformed the tiny Gulf nation into a global player in diplomacy, media and investment, and then shattered tradition by voluntarily turning over power to his son, has died, state media reported. He was 74. The state-run Qatar News Agency reported his death. It offered no cause. Sheikh Hamad, who stepped down in June 2013 after 18 years as emir, was the architect of energy-rich Qatar’s stunning ambitions that turned it from a backwater...
Sheikh Hamad, who ruled Qatar from 1995 to 2013, was a key architect of the energy-rich country's stunning ambitions.