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Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani

Qatari politician; prime minister and foreign minister

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ57734 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani (Arabic: حمد بن جاسم بن جبر آل ثاني; born 1959), also known informally by his initials HBJ, is a Qatari politician. He was the Prime Minister of Qatar from 3 April 2007 to 26 June 2013, and foreign minister from 11 January 1992 to 26 June 2013.

Early life

Hamad was born in Doha, Qatar, on 30 August 1959. He is the fifth son of Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. Through his father, he is the grandson of Jaber bin Mohammed Al Thani. Jaber was a younger brother of Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, the founding father of modern Qatar.

Career

Between 1982 and 1989, Hamad was the director of the office of the minister of municipal affairs and agriculture. In July 1989, he was appointed minister of municipal affairs and agriculture and in May 1990, he was appointed deputy minister of electricity and water along with his post as minister of municipal affairs and agriculture, where he supervised several successful projects and developed the agriculture sector.

On 1 September 1992, Hamad was appointed as foreign minister of Qatar by Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani. He retained his post when the Emir's son, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani came to power in a coup in 1995.

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“Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani” enters the record as qatari politician; prime minister and foreign minister. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Hamad, Jassim and Jaber can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1959, 2007, 2013, 1992—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1959-08-30, 1959—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Hamad, Jassim and Jaber.
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“Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Hamad, Jassim and Jaber provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q57734. VIAF identifies the subject as 68139191. The Library of Congress control number is n93041304. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1959, 2007, 2013 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.