Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani | |
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Born | 18 April 1988 |
House | House of Thani |
Father | Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani |
Mother | Moza bint Nasser Al Missned |
Religion | Islam |
Styles of Sheikh Mohammed |
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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 Moza bint Nasser Al Missned.
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. He is fluent in French,English and Arabic
Sheikh Mohammed is a former captain of the Qatar equestrian team, 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.