PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

His Excellency Sheikh. Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani

Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

Curriculum Vitae

Date of Birth:
1959

Political History:

• 1982-1989, Director of the Office of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.
• 18-7-1989, appointed Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.
• 14-5-1990, appointed Deputy Minister of Electricity and Water for two years alongside with his post as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture.
• Supervised several successful projects and developed the agricultural sector.
• Held the following posts in addition to his position as Minister of Municipal Affairs and Agriculture and Deputy Minister of Electricity and Water:
• Chairman of Qatar Electricity and Water Company.
• President of the Central Municipal Council.
• Director of the Special Emiri Projects Office.
• Member of QP Board of Directors.
• Member of the Supreme Council for Planning.
• 1-9-1992, appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• Kept his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs in the subsequent ministerial reshuffles in July 1995, October 1996 and January 1999.
• On Sept 16, 2003, he was appointed as First Deputy Prime Minister while retaining his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
• On April 3, 2007, he was appointed as Prime Minister while retaining his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
  

Other key positions:

• Member of the Supreme Defence Council, which was established in 1996.
• Head of Qatar's Permanent Committee for the Support of Al Quds, which was formed in 1998.
• Member of the Permanent Constitution Committee formed in 1999.
• Member of the Ruling Family Council established in 2000.
• Member of the Supreme Council for the Investment of the Reserves of the State, which was established in 2000.