Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani (born 1949) was the commander in chief of the Qatar Police from 1972 to 1977 and Minister for Economy and Trade from 1977 to 1986.
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Born in Doha, he finished his primary and high school in Qatar, and later was sent to the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. He then attended police course training in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad, is accused of masterminding a plot to restore the current emir's father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani to the throne in 1996. He was on the run from Qatar government for over three years and arrested by Qatari secret forces in 1999 and charged for conspiracy in 1996 and sentenced to death, 21 May 2001. He was released in 2008.