Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani
House House of Thani
Father Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Mother Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned
Born 18 April 1988
Religion Islam
Monarchical styles of
Sheikh Mohammed
Reference style His Excellency
Spoken style Your Excellency
Alternative style Sheikh

Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is a close member of the Royal House of Thani. He is the sixth son of the former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and fifth child of the Emir with his second wife Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Missned.

Education and career

He studied at the Qatar Academy, and was a member of the first graduating class at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar where he obtained a BA degree on 9 May 2009. In 2013, he graduated from Harvard University with his M.B.A.[1] He is fluent in French [2] and Arabic

Sheikh Mohammed is a former captain of the Qatar equestrian team,[3] and as such, had the honor to light the cauldron of the Doha 2006 Asian Games on horseback. He was also chairman of Qatar's bid's winning bid to stage the 2022 FIFA World Cup.[4][5]

Ancestry

References

  1. ↑ "Georgetown’s Qatar Campus to Graduate First Students". 9 May 2009.
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM6QBL-g02U
  3. ↑ "Games opens in spectacular fashion". The Hindu. 3 December 2006. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  4. ↑ "Qatar's bid for 2022 WCup includes cooling fields". San Diego Union-Tribune. 28 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.
  5. ↑ http://new.qfa.com.qa//thank-you-for-the-opportunity.aspx