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{{short description|Prime minister of Qatar (2007–2013)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| native_name         = {{nobold|حمد بن جاسم بن جبر آل ثاني}}
| office              = 4th [[List of prime ministers of Qatar|Prime Minister of Qatar]]
| image               = Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar (5570842645).jpg
| caption             = Hamad in 2012
| deputy              = [[Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah|Abdullah bin Hamad]]
| monarch             = [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Hamad bin Khalifa]]<br>[[Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani|Tamim bin Hamad]]
| predecessor         = [[Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah bin Khalifa]]
| successor           = [[Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah bin Nasser]]
| order1              = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar]]
| monarch1            = [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
| term_start1         = 2003
| term_end1           = 2007
| predecessor1        = [[Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani]]
| successor1          = [[Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah]]
| office2             = Minister of Foreign Affairs
| predecessor2        = Mubarak Ali Al Khater
| primeminister2      = [[Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani|Khalifa bin Hamad]]<br>[[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani|Hamad bin Khalifa]]<br>[[Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani|Abdullah bin Khalifa]]
| successor2          = [[Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah|Khalid bin Mohammad]]
| birth_date          = {{birth year and age|1959}}
| birth_place         = [[Doha]], [[Qatar]]
| spouse              = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Jawaher bint Fahad Al Thani|1982}}
* {{marriage|Noor bint Abdulaziz Al Subaie|1996}}
}}
| children            = 5
| height              = {{convert|183|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
| term_start          = 3 April 2007
| term_end            = 26 June 2013
| term_start2         = 11 January 1992
| term_end2           = 26 June 2013
| ศาสนา               = อิสลามนิกายสุหนี่
| native_name_lang    = ar
}}
[[Sheikh]] '''Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani''' ({{langx|ar|حمد بن جاسم بن جبر آل ثاني}}; born 1959<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://de-tenants.org/IntroducingSheikhHamadBinJassimAlThani(HBJ).html|title=Introducing His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani ("HBJ")|website=de-tenants.org|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-date=6 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806192740/http://de-tenants.org/IntroducingSheikhHamadBinJassimAlThani(HBJ).html|url-status=dead}}</ref>), who was 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]], in 1959.<ref name=aljaz26june>{{cite news|title=Who is Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani?|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/06/201362613431469150.html|access-date=27 June 2013|work=Al Jazeera|date=26 June 2013}}</ref><ref name=moor21june>{{cite news|last=Moore|first=James|title=Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani: Meet the man who bought London|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/sheikh-hamad-bin-jassim-bin-jaber-althani-meet-the-man-who-bought-london-8669134.html|access-date=27 June 2013|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 June 2013}}</ref> He is the fifth son of Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani.<ref name=moor21june/> 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==
[[Image:Vladimir Putin 3 November 2000-1.jpg|thumb|left|Hamad and Russian President [[Vladimir Putin]] at the Kremlin, 2000]]
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.<ref name="CV Brookings">[http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2006/0218islamic%20world/20060218bios.pdf 2006 U.S.-Islamic World Forum Biographies – Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605133300/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2006/0218islamic%20world/20060218bios.pdf |date=5 June 2011 }} – [[Brookings Institution]]</ref>
On 1 September 1992, Hamad was appointed as foreign minister of Qatar by the 8th Emir. He was retained in his post when the Emir's son, [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] came to power in a coup in 1995. Hamad played an important role in the overthrow of the 8th Emir. On 16 September 2003, Hamad was appointed [[Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar|first deputy prime minister]] while retaining his position of minister of foreign affairs. On 2 April 2007, he was appointed as [[List of Prime Ministers of Qatar|prime minister]], following the resignation of [[Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani]]; Hamad also continued to serve as foreign minister.<ref>[http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20236 "Qatar’s emir appoints new PM"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013204156/http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=20236 |date=13 October 2008 }}, Middle East Online, 3 April 2007.</ref> HBJ had vast foreign policy goals for Qatar during his tenure.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/smooth-operator-qatar-s-ex-pm-breaks-his-silence-1374778660|title=Smooth operator: Qatar's ex-PM breaks his silence|website=Middle East Eye|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>
Hamad was reported to have had strong connections with the US government. He serves on the International Advisory Council of the [[Brookings Institution]] and chairs the International Advisory Council of the [[Brookings Doha Center]]. He has stakes in many strong businesses such as [[Qatar Airways]] and the Foreign Investment Company, [[Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company]], [[The Pearl Island]] and [[Harrods]]. He is a partner in Project Grande (Guernsey), the developer of [[One Hyde Park]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=times>{{cite news|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article7101387.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612131118/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article7101387.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 June 2011|title=What recession? Flats in Central London go on sale at £5m-plus|access-date=7 November 2010|work=The Times|date=18 April 2010}}</ref>
Additionally, Hamad held several other key positions including member of the supreme defense 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, which was established in 2000; and member of the supreme council for the investment of the reserves of the state, which was established in 2000.<ref name="CV Brookings"/>
[[File:UK Prime Minister David Cameron & Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the State of Qatar, 29 March 2011. (5571667738).jpg|thumb|Hamad and British Prime Minister [[David Cameron]] in 2011]]
Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, ruling Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013, was the first Arab politician received by [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] after the latter's election to the French presidency in May 2007.<ref>[http://www.slate.fr/story/39077/qatar-france slate.fr: "Comment le Qatar a acheté la France (et s'est payé sa classe politique)"], 6 June 2011</ref> A May 2008 diplomatic cable sent by then U.S. chargé d'affaires in Doha, alluded to a dispute between HBJ and the Qatari intelligence officials over a Qatari senior bank official imprisoned for 6 months over his role in funding [[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed]] (KSM), the [[al-Qaeda]] mastermind of [[September 11 attacks|September 11]]. The senior bank official was [[Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy]] who financed KSM while working at [[Qatar Central Bank]].<ref name="telegraph.co.uk" /> The French government made of Qatar under Hamad's guidance a strategic partner, and the list of partnerships between the two states includes [[Total S.A.|Total]], [[EADS]], [[Technip]], [[Air Liquide]], [[Vinci SA]], [[GDF Suez]], and [[Areva]]. France was, under the Hamad government, the primary arms supplier to the Emirate.<ref name=lem>[http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2009/02/21/la-france-accorde-une-exoneration-d-impots-aux-avoirs-du-qatar_1158582_3218.html lemonde.fr "La France accorde une exonération d'impôts aux avoirs du Qatar"], 21 Feb 2009</ref> In February 2009, under the Sarkozy government, France accorded special beyond-[[OCDE]] investment privileges to Qatar, its ruling family and its [[State-Owned Enterprises]]; one example of the privileges is capital gains exemptions in France.<ref name=lem/>
The US embassy to Doha claimed, in a [[United States diplomatic cables leak|cable leaked in December 2010]], that "Sheikh Hamad (HBJ) told then US senator [[John Kerry]] that he had proposed a bargain with the Egyptian president, [[Hosni Mubarak]], which involved stopping broadcasts in Egypt in exchange for a change in Cairo's position on Israel-Palestinian negotiations, and that 'we would stop al-Jazeera for a year' if Mubarak agreed in that span of time to deliver a lasting settlement for the Palestinians."<ref name=gwiki>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/05/wikileaks-cables-al-jazeera-qatari-foreign-policy theguardian.com: "WikiLeaks cables claim al-Jazeera changed coverage to suit Qatari foreign policy"], 6 Dec 2015</ref>
On 25 June 2013, [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] abdicated as [[Emir of Qatar]],<ref>The Report: Qatar 2014.
Oxford Business Group, 15 Apr 2014</ref> and on the next day, 26 June, Hamad resigned from office. Some have questioned whether this was because the new emir pulled him from his post after realizing how much power HBJ had amassed.<ref name=":1"/> He was replaced by [[Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani]] as prime minister<ref name=rob26jun>{{cite news|last=Tuttle|first=Robert|title=Qatar's Emir Tamim Forms Cabinet Lead[sic] by Bin Nasser|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-06-26/bin-nasser-to-be-named-qatar-s-prime-minister-al-jazeera-says.html|access-date=27 June 2013|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=26 June 2013}}</ref> and by [[Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah]] as foreign minister.<ref name=reu26june>{{cite news|last=Aboudi|first=Sami|title=Qatar drops influential prime minister in cabinet reshuffle|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-emir-cabinet-reshuffle-idUSBRE95P0YU20130626|access-date=27 June 2013|newspaper=Reuters|date=26 June 2013}}</ref> On 3 July, Hamad was also relieved from the post of deputy head of [[Qatar Investment Authority|the Qatar Investment Authority]] (QIA).<ref>{{cite news|title=Qatar's former PM loses role at wealth fund|url=http://www.arabianbusiness.com/qatar-s-former-pm-loses-role-at-wealth-fund-507613.html#.Ug8k_GTAVgs|access-date=17 August 2013|work=Arabian Business|date=3 July 2013|agency=Reuters}}</ref>
It was under HBJ that Qatar began assisting rebels in Syria by supplying them with arms.  This move brought criticism upon Qatar, as some questioned whether these arms ultimately ended up in the wrong hands.<ref name=":1"/>
In June 2021, ''[[High Court of Justice]]'' in London issued a claim, according to which Hamad bin Jassim's private office was at the heart of clandestine routes by which money was transferred to an ''[[Al-Qaeda]]'' affiliate in Syria, the ''[[Al-Nusra Front]]''.<ref>{{cite web |author=Andrew Norfolk |date=2021-06-04 |title=Qatar funneled millions of dollars to Nusra Front terrorists in Syria |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/qatar-funnelled-millions-of-dollars-to-nusra-front-terrorists-in-syria-x5rnbsr3l |work=The Times}}</ref>
In March 2022 Hamad bin Jassim said to a Qatari television that the Military Operations Command in Jordan and Turkey have spent $2 trillion to remove Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hamad bin Jassim: we spent $2 trillion to remove Bashar al-Assad (English subtitles) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56FvWppe_5M |via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>
===Mediation efforts===
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Hamad has worked actively to settle political conflicts in both [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]] over the last 20 years.
Hamad facilitated the agreement that led to a unity constitution in Yemen in May 1990, ratified by the populace in May 1991. It affirmed Yemen's commitment to free elections, a multiparty political system, the right to own private property, equality under the law, and respect of basic human rights. Parliamentary elections were held on 27 April 1993.
In 1996, he worked to settle a brief war between Eritrea and Yemen over the [[Hanish Islands]]. As part of the agreement to cease hostilities the two nations agreed, through the negotiating effort of Hamad, to refer the issue to the [[Permanent Court of Arbitration]] at [[The Hague]] in 1998. Yemen was granted full ownership of the larger islands while Eritrea was awarded the peripheral islands to the southwest of the larger islands. Since then relations between the two governments have remained relatively normal.
Hamad was instrumental in creating the peace settlement between Sudan and Eritrea in 1998. The un-demarcated border with Sudan had posed a problem for Eritrean external relations for most of the nation's existence. He negotiated a peace settlement between Sudan and Eritrea. After the agreement was signed, relations somewhat normalized.
In 2007, Hamad helped organize the [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] national dialogue and the peace agreement between various Lebanese political groups to end the worst internal fighting in Lebanon since the civil war of 1975–1990. In an attempt to resolve a broader political showdown that had paralyzed the country for 18 months, Hamad summoned the Lebanese government and [[Hezbollah]]-led opposition to Qatar for talks. He declared an agreement sponsored by the [[Arab League]] to deal with the Lebanese crisis. In the agreement the parties pledged, “to refrain from returning to the use of weapons or violence to realize political gains." The Lebanese government furthermore committed itself to introduce a new electoral law designed to provide better representation in the country's sectarian system of power sharing.
He participated in mediation of ceasefire in [[Yemen]] between the Government of Yemen and the Houthi Movement in 2007. In 2010, the two parties agreed to activate the agreement after confrontations threatening the ceasefire. The mediation ended a six-year war between the two sides.
In 2009, Hamad participated in brokering a peace agreement to end the conflict in Darfur ("The Goodwill and Confidence Building Pact”) between the government of Sudan and Justice and Equality Movement. The pact also opened up to the rest of factions in Darfur.
In 2009, he assisted in the settlement agreement between [[Sudan]] and [[Chad]]. The civil war in Chad began in December 2005. On February 8, 2006 the [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]] Agreement was signed, which temporarily stopped the fighting. However, hostilities resumed after two months, leading to several new agreement attempts and a final settlement between the two parties in 2009.
[[File:Hamad_Bin_Jassim.png|thumb|right|Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East at the Dead Sea in Jordan, May 15, 2009]]
In 2010, he led the mediation efforts that resulted in the signing of a peace agreement between [[Djibouti]] and [[Eritrea]] to settle their border dispute<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/what-can-the-middle-east-learn-from-whats-happening-in-qatar|title=What Can the Middle East Learn From What's Happening in Qatar?|website=[[PBS]] |date=June 28, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190131020409/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/what-can-the-middle-east-learn-from-whats-happening-in-qatar|archive-date=31 January 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://americanmediainstitute.com/investigations/8377/|title=Qatar and Saudi princes meet secretly in Italy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190404204806/https://americanmediainstitute.com/investigations/8377/|archive-date=4 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> and thereby paving the way for broader peace talks to end the six-year conflict in the region. According to the negotiated peace declaration, the two parties pledged to give peaceful means a “strategic priority to settle the conflict in [[Darfur]]”, and to take the required measures to create “an opportune environment to achieve a lasting settlement”, including the halting of “inconvenience to the displaced and ensuring the flow of relief aid”. The parties furthermore committed themselves to prisoners swap and the release of those who were detained due to the dispute.
Hamad also has been involved in ongoing efforts between Fatah and Hamas to achieve [[State of Palestine|Palestinian]] reconciliation to activate the peace process with [[Israel]].
Of other humanitarian initiatives, he has facilitated the release of prisoners, including the five Lebanese prisoners in Eritrea. He supported the effort to release Mr. [[Nawaz Sharif]], the former Prime Minister of Pakistan from jail, and was instrumental in freeing the [[Bulgaria]]n nurses in [[Libya]] from prison. He has opened Qatar to political refugees in the Muslim and Arab worlds.  During the [[Bosnia]]n conflict of the 1990s, he secured large quantities of food, medicine and other items to the Bosnian population.
In November 2010 he launched the Humanitarian Appeal 2011 in [[Doha]], together with the [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] (OCHA) and the [[United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] (UNHCR). The initiative was set to help improve the living conditions for millions of people affected by humanitarian crises around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/humanitarian-appeal-seeking-74-billion-launched-doha-joint-press-statement|title=Humanitariana appeal seeking $7.4 billion launched in Doha - Joint Press Statement|date=November 30, 2010|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703004407/https://reliefweb.int/report/world/humanitarian-appeal-seeking-74-billion-launched-doha-joint-press-statement|archive-date=3 July 2013|url-status=live|access-date=17 July 2021}}</ref> The initiative was attended by 85 representatives of 85 representatives from EU Member States, the European Commission, the Council of the [[European Union]], beneficiary countries, UN and NGOs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_1118.pdf|title=OCHA 2010 - Annual Report - Summary Edition|page=48|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110703141112/https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Full_Report_1118.pdf|archive-date=July 3, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
== Legal issues ==
=== BAE Systems ===
Following courting by Michael Portillo, Qatar entered into an arms deal worth £500 million with BAE Systems.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11172018/Former-Qatari-PM-has-eyes-on-top-UN-job.html|title=Former Qatari PM has eyes on top UN job|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref> £7 million was transferred into two trusts in Jersey of which Hamad was named as a beneficiary. In an attempt to prevent money laundering, the funds were frozen from 16 July 2000 by the Jersey Financial Services Commission, who then began a court case and investigation.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/11140190/Banker-who-financed-911-mastermind-now-funding-terrorists-in-Syria-and-Iraq.html|title=Banker who financed 9/11 mastermind now funding terrorists in Syria and Iraq|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=28 April 2016}}</ref> Hamad paid the Jersey authorities £6 million as a "voluntary reparation" as "the structures put in place by his advisers may have contributed to the cost and complexity of the inquiry." The case was then dropped by the Jersey authorities.<ref name=":1"/>
=== Heritage Oil ===
In June 2014, HBJ acquired 80% of Heritage Oil, which was listed as a London exploration and production company. At the same time, he was listed as a “Counsellor” at the Qatari embassy and as such was privileged to legal immunity under the 1961 Vienna Convention. Article 42 of this convention states that “a diplomat shall not in the receiving State practise for personal profit any professional or commercial activity” thereby disallowing the acquisition in which HBJ engaged. The stake, valued at £924 million and dated April 30, 2014, transferred to a “wholly owned subsidiary” of Al-Mirqab Capital, an investment company privately owned by HBJ and his family. HBJ's lawyers maintain that the fact that the company was listed in London is not sufficient evidence to determine that Article 42 had been violated.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/qatar/11900303/Qatari-sheikh-bought-UK-oil-company-while-bound-by-diplomatic-rules.html|title=Qatari sheikh bought UK oil company while bound by diplomatic rules|website=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2016-04-28}}</ref>
=== Paradise Papers ===
{{See also|Paradise Papers}}In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the [[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists|International Consortium of Investigative Journalism]] cited his name in [[List of people and organisations named in the Paradise Papers|the list of politicians named]] in the [[Paradise Papers]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.icij.org/investigations/paradise-papers/explore-politicians-paradise-papers/|title=Explore The Politicians in the Paradise Papers - ICIJ|work=ICIJ|access-date=2017-12-06|language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Positions and opinions ===
At a 2015 speech at the [[Chatham House]], a London-based think tank, HBJ warned the Israelis, reminding them that they are surrounded by 400 million Arabs, saying “you have the upper hand now but you are surrounded. Accept the 1967 boundaries, the two state solution. Your superiority will not last forever. Solve (the Palestinian question) and terrorism is defused.”<ref name=":1" />
=== El Corte Inglés ===
In 2010 HBJ acquired 10% of El Corte Inglés in Spain, the country's largest department store chain. For this transaction he used a local "figurehead", David Barreiro Nogaledo, who was investigated by the Regional Court in Madrid for a potential case of Money Laundering and misappropiation.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ballesteros |first=Roberto R. |date=2017-03-13 |title=El juez investiga a la cúpula de El Corte Inglés por apropiación indebida y blanqueo |url=https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2017-03-13/el-juez-investiga-a-la-cupula-de-el-corte-ingles-por-apropiacion-indebida-y-blanqueo_1344909/ |access-date=2023-09-25 |website=elconfidencial.com |language=es}}</ref> The same "figurehead" tried to make HBJ invest, in 2019, in another Spanish Company, Laboratorios Larrasa, accused afterwards of Fraud in Spain and Brazil. [https://www.estadao.com.br/economia/negocios/laboratorio-espanhol-acusacao-fraude-empresas-brasileiras/] [https://laboratorioslarrasa.info/media]
==Business and wealth==
Al Thani is one of the richest people in the world,<ref name="nyt-14dec2018">{{cite news |last1=LaFraniere |first1=Sharon |last2=Haberman |first2=Maggie |last3=Goldman |first3=Adam |title=Trump Inaugural Fund and Super PAC Said to Be Scrutinized for Illegal Foreign Donations |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/politics/trump-inauguration-investigation.html |website=The New York Times |date=14 December 2018 |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref><ref name="guardian-2016">{{cite web |last1=Ramesh |first1=Randeep |title=Qatar's former PM invokes diplomatic immunity over Briton's torture claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jan/12/qatars-former-pm-invokes-diplomatic-immunity-over-britons-torture-claims |website=The Guardian |date=12 January 2016 |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref> having overseen Qatar's $230 billion sovereign wealth fund until 2013. He has been named "the man who bought London" by British tabloids; his holdings in London include [[the Shard]], [[Harrods]], and the [[InterContinental]] London Park Lane.
It was reported that Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani bought [[Banque Internationale à Luxembourg]] and [[KBL European Private Bankers]] via [[Precision Capital]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://next.ft.com/content/1f8b7eea-df68-11e3-8842-00144feabdc0|title=Former Qatar prime minister rejoins dealmaking stage|work=Financial Times |date=20 May 2014|access-date=16 April 2016}}</ref> making one of the largest banking groups in Luxembourg.
According to the [[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] filing, he also owns 3.05% shares of the [[Deutsche Bank]], via Paramount Services Holdings Limited; his relative, HH [[Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani]] (former emir/ruler of Qatar), via another company Supreme Universal Holdings, owns 3.05% of the shares. Part of Hamad bin Khalifa's stake was sold by Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber.<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1159508/000119312516501247/d153141d20f.htm Deutsche Bank 2014 Annual Report (Form 20-F)] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</ref>
In May 2015, Hamad purchased Picasso's ''[[Les Femmes d'Alger|Les Femmes d'Alger (Version O)]]''  for $179.4 million including fees, a record price for a painting at auction.<ref name=BBCApr15>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32700575|title=Picasso's Women of Algiers smashes auction record|date=12 May 2015|work=[[BBC News Online]]|access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=DailyTelegraph>{{cite news|last1=Sherwell|first1=Philip|title=Billionaire Qatari sheikh 'identified' as secret buyer of world record Picasso|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11621886/Billionaire-Qatari-sheikh-identified-as-secret-buyer-of-world-record-Picasso.html|access-date=21 May 2015|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=21 May 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He also owns a super-yacht, the Al Mirqab, worth $300 million.<ref name="etoday">{{cite web |last1=Sayed |first1=Nawal |title=Profile Hamad bin Jassim: the man who bought London |url=http://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/12949/Profile-Hamad-bin-Jassim-the-man-who-bought-London |website=Egypt Today |date=21 July 2017 |access-date=14 December 2018}}</ref>
In 2021, the [[Sunday Times Rich List]] estimated his net worth at £2 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sunday Times Rich List 2021|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/sunday-times-rich-list|access-date=2021-11-22|website=www.thetimes.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>
==Donations==
In June 2022, ''[[The Times]]'' reported that between 2011 and 2015 [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] accepted €3 million in cash from Hamad.<ref name="charlestimes">{{cite news |title=Prince Charles accepted €1m cash in suitcase from sheikh |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/charles-accepted-1m-cash-in-suitcase-from-sheikh-j2pgnfsgx |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> The funds were said to be in the form of [[500 euro note|€500 notes]], handed over in person in three tranches, in a suitcase, holdall and [[Fortnum & Mason]] carrier bags.<ref name="charlestimes"/><ref name="guardiancharles">{{cite web |title=Prince Charles is said to have been given €3m in Qatari cash |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/25/prince-charles-is-said-to-have-been-given-3m-in-qatari-cash |website=[[The Guardian]] |date=25 June 2022 |access-date=25 June 2022}}</ref> Charles' meetings with Hamad did not appear in the [[Court Circular]].<ref name="charlestimes"/> [[Coutts]] collected the cash and each payment was deposited into the accounts of [[The Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund]].<ref name="guardiancharles"/> A [[Clarence House]] spokesperson stated that the appropriate covenants were carried out, and it was the "donor's choice" to make the donations in cash, after which the trustees "discussed the governance and donor relationship" and the auditors "signed off on the donation after a specific enquiry during the audit".<ref name="guardiancharles"/> There is no evidence that the payments were illegal or that it was not intended for the money to go to the charity.<ref name="guardiancharles"/> The [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] announced they would review the information and determine if "there is any role for the Commission in this matter".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/prince-charles-charity-watchdog-reviewing-information-over-reports-royal-accepted-carrier-bag-full-of-cash-as-a-charity-donation-from-qatar-ex-pm-12640980|title=Prince Charles: Charity watchdog reviewing information over reports royal accepted carrier bag full of cash as a charity donation from Qatar ex-PM|work=Sky News|date=27 June 2022|accessdate=27 June 2022}}</ref>
==Honours==
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* Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]] (16 November 2010, Italy).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/244591|title=Quirinale website}}</ref>
*[[Honorary Doctorate]] in Humane Letters from the [[Lebanese American University]] (28 April 2010, Lebanon).<ref>[http://www.lau.edu.lb/news-events/news/archive/lau_honors_leader_of_qatar_wit/ News: LAU honors leader of Qatar with Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters] – Official website of LAU</ref>
==Personal life==
In 1982, Hamad married Sheikha Jawaher bint Fahad Al Thani.<ref name=moor21june/> He subsequently married Sheikha Noor bint Abdulaziz Al Subaie, the daughter of the former minister of education, in 1996 as his second wife.
He has 5 children, 4 sons and 1 daughter.
* Sheikh Jaber bin Hamad Al Thani
* Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani
* Sheikh Fahad bin Hamad Al Thani
* Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
* Sheikha Maryam bint Hamad Al Thani
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