Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar | |
In office 3 April 2007 – 18 January 2011 |
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Monarch | Hamad bin Khalifa |
Prime Minister | Hamad bin Jassim |
Preceded by | Hamad bin Jassim |
Succeeded by | Ahmad bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud |
Minister of Industry and Energy | |
In office 12 January 1999 – 18 January 2011 |
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Monarch | Hamad bin Khalifa |
Prime Minister |
Abdullah bin Khalifa Hamad bin Jassim |
Preceded by | Khalid bin Hamad |
Succeeded by | Mohammed Saleh Al Sada |
In office 28 March 1992 – 19 February 1995 |
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Prime Minister | Khalifa bin Hamad |
Preceded by | Jassim bin Hamad |
Succeeded by | Khalid bin Hamad |
Personal details | |
Born | 1951 (age 65–66) Doha, Qatar |
Religion | Islam |
Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah ( pronunciation ahb-DUHL-lah bihn HAH-mahd al AH-tee-yahArabic: عبدالله بن حمد العطية, born 1951) is the former deputy prime minister of Qatar and the head of the Emir's court.
Attiyah was born in 1951 or 1952. In 1976, he graduated from the University of Alexandria, Egypt with a bachelor's degree.
Attiyah started his career in 1972 with the ministry of finance and petroleum of Qatar. From 1973 to 1986, he held a post of the head of international and public relations at the ministry. From 1986 to 1989, he served as the director of the office of the minister, and from 1989 to 1992, as the director of the office of the minister of interior and as the acting minister of finance and petroleum. From September 1992 to January 2011, Attiyah was the minister of energy and industry. On 12 January 1999, he also assumed the responsibility for electricity and water issues as these sectors were merged into the ministry of energy and industry. On 16 September 2003 he was appointed second deputy prime minister and on 3 April 2007, deputy prime minister. On 18 January 2011 he was named head of the Amiri Diwan while remaining in the post of the deputy prime minister. In the post of minister of industry and energy he was replaced by Mohammed Saleh Al Sada.