Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخ حمد بن خليفة ال ثاني‎; born on 1 January 1952) is the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar since 1995

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. Hamad and his first wife have two sons and six daughters:
H.E. Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (born 1972) – ambassador to Belgium and the EU
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 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) – former Heir Apparent of Qatar till 2003
H.H. Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Crown Prince of Qatar (born 1980) – since 2003 the current Heir Apparent of Qatar
H.E. Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani
H.E. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1985)
H.E. Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1991)
H.E. Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (born 1983)
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
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

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