Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
Emir of Qatar since 2013
Follow Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
| January 30 2025 | Sheikh Tamim became the first head of state to visit Damascus since the fall of the Assad regime, discussing post-conflict reconstruction in Syria. |
| 2024 | Tamim and Macron signed a €10 billion agreement on investment in the French economy. |
| December 3 2024 | King Charles III and Queen Camilla will host Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani for a state visit at Buckingham Palace, marking a significant diplomatic engagement. |
| December 3 2024 | Received Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB) from the United Kingdom |
| November 2024 | Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani affirmed Qatar's support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations' 'International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People' event in Vienna, advocating for an independent Palestinian state based on 1967 borders with East Jerusalem as its capital. |
| October 21 2024 | Granted Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic |
| July 5 2024 | Awarded Knight of the Order of the White Eagle by Poland |
| June 16 2024 | Continuation of the Ukrainian Peace Formula, supported by Qatar. |
| June 15 2024 | The Ukrainian Peace Formula was held, with Qatar's support. |
| May 2024 | Russia returned six children to Ukraine with the assistance of Qatari mediators. |
| May 23 2024 | U.S. C.I.A. director William J. Burns planned to visit Europe to discuss a Gaza cease-fire with Israeli, Qatari, and Egyptian leaders. |
| March 2024 | Qatar, under Tamim's leadership, facilitated negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on reuniting children separated during the conflict. |
| February 2024 | Hamas proposed a deal mediated by Qatar and Egypt for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, which Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu declined. |
| December 2023 | Sheikh Tamim met King Charles III at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai. |
| December 4 2023 | Chaired the 9th meeting of the Turkey-Qatar Supreme Strategic Committee with President Erdogan, signing 12 cooperation agreements in various fields. |
| November 1 2023 | Qatar facilitated an agreement among Egypt, Israel, and Hamas for the safe evacuation of civilians from Gaza, in collaboration with the U.S. |
| September 2023 | Mediated a deal between the United States and Iran, resulting in the release of five prisoners from each country and the unfreezing of US$6 billion in Iranian funds. |
| May 7 2023 | Sheikh Tamim unexpectedly left the Arab League summit before Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's scheduled speech, demonstrating continued opposition to his regime. |
| May 6 2023 | Sheikh Tamim attended the coronation of King Charles III at Westminster Abbey, London. |
| 2022 | Israeli military officials were secretly dispatched to Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base, the forward operating headquarters of US forces in West Asia. |
| 2022 | Successfully led Qatar in hosting the FIFA World Cup, with the country estimated to have spent around $200 billion on infrastructure preparations. |
| October 13 2022 | Met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Astana, Kazakhstan, where he praised the relationship between Qatar and Russia and discussed Qatar's role as a mediator in Russia-Ukraine negotiations, despite Putin being widely considered a political pariah due to the invasion of Ukraine. |
| September 2022 | In an interview with Le Point, Sheikh Tamim highlighted the ongoing significant factors that led to Syria's Arab League suspension in 2011, emphasizing the regime's role in prolonged conflict and refugee crisis. |
| September 19 2022 | Sheikh Tamim and Sheikha Jawaher attended the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey, London. |
| August 13 2022 | Received Grand Cross of the National Order of Chad from Chad |
| June 24 2022 | Tamim met with el-Sisi in Cairo to discuss diplomatic and economic relations. |
| June 10 2022 | FIFA and Israel's Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that Israeli citizens would be allowed entry into Qatar during the World Cup tournament. |
| May 2022 | Tamim made his first visit to Europe after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, signing energy and investment projects with Spain and Germany, and speaking for the first time at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos. |
| May 2022 | Met with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in Iran, discussing regional issues, economic cooperation, and condemning 'crimes of the Zionist regime in Palestine'. |
| May 10 2022 | Granted Knight of the Collar of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic by Spain |
| March 2022 | Qatar and Egypt signed investment contracts worth more than US$5 billion. |
| January 31 2022 | Visited the White House and met with President Joe Biden, becoming the first Gulf Cooperation Council leader to do so since Biden took office. Biden designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally. |
| 2021 | Qatar abstained from entering a diplomatic agreement with Israel brokered by the United States, maintaining only a working relationship to aid Palestinians. |
| 2021 | Tamim met with French president Emmanuel Macron again. |
| December 6 2021 | Received President Erdogan for a two-day state visit in Doha, signing 15 agreements in culture, economy, defense, and security, and extending a $15 billion currency swap agreement. |
| November 22 2021 | Received Member 1st Class (Civil division) of the Order of Oman from Oman |
| November 12 2021 | Awarded Grand Collar of the Order of the Southern Cross by Brazil |
| October 2 2021 | Conducted the first legislative election in Qatar, with a 63.5 percent voter turnout, though the election was criticized for its limitations. |
| September 2021 | Prime Minister Johnson met with Sheikh Tamim at the UN General Assembly to discuss a long-term gas deal for liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply to the UK. |
| August 2021 | Issued a decree to hold the first-ever legislative elections to the Consultative Assembly of Qatar. |
| August 2021 | Supported US evacuations from Afghanistan, which US President Biden acknowledged as crucial to the airlift operations. |
| August 28 2021 | Tamim met with President el-Sisi in Baghdad. |
| July 2021 | Sheikh Tamim named the Qatari ambassador to Egypt. |
| July 29 2021 | Signed Law No. 6 for the first legislative election in Qatar, establishing the election process for the Shura Council. |
| May 2021 | It was reported that Qatar had provided over $3 billion in aid to Gaza and West Bank with Israeli approval over a 10-year period. |
| March 2021 | Implemented a monthly minimum wage of 1,000 riyals (USD 275) for all workers, becoming the first country in the region to do so. |
| March 2021 | Qatari foreign minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani visited Cairo and handed over Sheikh Tamim's invitation to Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. |
| January 20 2021 | Qatar and Egypt agreed to resume diplomatic relations. |
| 2020 | Qatari government condemned 'populist rhetoric inciting the abuse of religions' and began gradual steps to remove hateful or violent content from school textbooks. |
| November 2020 | The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Evaluation Committee completed its tour of Doha and confirmed the city's readiness to host future events. |
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
|
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia article Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.