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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emires_de_Qatar" title="Emires de Qatar – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Emires de Qatar" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0" title="কাতারের আমির – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কাতারের আমির" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Емир на Катар – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Емир на Катар" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_de_Qatar" title="Emir de Qatar – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Emir de Qatar" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seznam_katarsk%C3%BDch_panovn%C3%ADk%C5%AF" title="Seznam katarských panovníků – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Seznam katarských panovníků" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Emire_von_Katar" title="Liste der Emire von Katar – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Emire von Katar" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katari_emiir" title="Katari emiir – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Katari emiir" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD_%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AF%CF%81%CE%B7%CE%B4%CF%89%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CF%81" title="Κατάλογος των εμίρηδων του Κατάρ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατάλογος των εμίρηδων του Κατάρ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Emires_de_Catar" title="Anexo:Emires de Catar – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Emires de Catar" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1" title="امیر قطر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="امیر قطر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_%C3%A9mirs_du_Qatar" title="Liste des émirs du Qatar – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des émirs du Qatar" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B9%B4%ED%83%80%EB%A5%B4_%EC%95%84%EB%AF%B8%EB%A5%B4" title="카타르 아미르 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="카타르 아미르" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B0" title="कतर के अमीर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="कतर के अमीर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_pri_monarki_di_Katar" title="Listo pri monarki di Katar – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Listo pri monarki di Katar" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_amir_Qatar" title="Daftar amir Qatar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar amir Qatar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emiri_del_Qatar" title="Emiri del Qatar – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Emiri del Qatar" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%A8" title="אמיר קטר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אמיר קטר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%90%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%90" title="კატარის ამირების სია – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კატარის ამირების სია" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D3%99%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80%D1%96" title="Катар әмірі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Катар әмірі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C4%85ra%C5%A1as:Kataro_emyrai" title="Sąrašas:Kataro emyrai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Sąrašas:Kataro emyrai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katar_uralkod%C3%B3inak_list%C3%A1ja" title="Katar uralkodóinak listája – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Katar uralkodóinak listája" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BA_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B8_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Список на емири на Катар – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Список на емири на Катар" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1" title="امير قطر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="امير قطر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir_Qatar" title="Amir Qatar – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Amir Qatar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_emirs_van_Qatar" title="Lijst van emirs van Qatar – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van emirs van Qatar" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%81%AE%E5%85%83%E9%A6%96%E4%B8%80%E8%A6%A7" title="カタールの元首一覧 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カタールの元首一覧" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_emirer_av_Qatar" title="Liste over emirer av Qatar – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over emirer av Qatar" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1_%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B1" title="لسٹ امراء قطر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="لسٹ امراء قطر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirowie_Kataru" title="Emirowie Kataru – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Emirowie Kataru" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_emires_do_Catar" title="Lista de emires do Catar – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de emires do Catar" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Эмир Катара – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Эмир Катара" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_emirs_of_Qatar" title="List of emirs of Qatar – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="List of emirs of Qatar" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A6%DB%95%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%82%DB%95%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1" title="ئەمیری قەتەر – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئەمیری قەتەر" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Емир Катара – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Емир Катара" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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href="/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani">Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</a></span></b><br />since 25 June 2013</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #eee;">Details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Style</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Highness" title="Highness">His Highness</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Heir_presumptive" title="Heir presumptive">Heir presumptive</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdullah bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Thani" title="Mohammed bin Thani">Mohammed bin Thani</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">1851</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Emir of the State of <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">أمیر دولة قطر</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">monarch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">head of state</a> of the country. The emir is also the <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-chief" title="Commander-in-chief">commander-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Armed_Forces" title="Qatar Armed Forces">Armed Forces</a> and guarantor of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Qatar" title="Constitution of Qatar">Constitution</a>. The emir holds the most <a href="/wiki/Power_(social_and_political)" title="Power (social and political)">powerful</a> position in the country, and has a prominent role in <a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Qatar" title="Foreign relations of Qatar">foreign relations</a>. </p><p>The emirs are members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Al Thani">House of Al Thani</a>, whose origins are in the <a href="/wiki/Banu_Tamim" title="Banu Tamim">Banu Tamim</a>, one of the largest <a href="/wiki/Tribes_of_Arabia" title="Tribes of Arabia">tribes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a>. The present ruler is <a href="/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani">Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</a>, who succeeded on 25 June 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Emir_BBC_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Emir_BBC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_background">Historical background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emir_of_Qatar&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Historical background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been eight rulers of <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a>, all members of the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Al Thani">Al Thani</a> family.<sup id="cite_ref-qr_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-qr-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-tht_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tht-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Thani" title="Mohammed bin Thani">Mohammed bin Thani</a> is recognised as the first ruler from 1851 when he achieved union of the country's tribes under his leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-mbt_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Qatar became part of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1871, although Sheikh Mohammed retained control of its internal affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-mbt_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Rogan1199_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rogan1199-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following his army's victory at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Wajbah" title="Battle of Al Wajbah">Battle of Al Wajbah</a> in March 1893, the second ruler Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Jassim_bin_Mohammed_Al_Thani" title="Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani">Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani</a> has been recognised as Founder of the State of Qatar, although it remained part of the Ottoman Empire until July 1913.<sup id="cite_ref-jmt_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ottomans maintained a military presence in Qatar until August 1915 and Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Jassim_Al_Thani" title="Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani">Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani</a> signed the Anglo-Qatari Treaty on 3 November 1916. Sheikh Abdullah was the Qatari ruler from 1913 to 1949 and is one of the few, including Queen <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina of the Netherlands</a>, whose tenure extended through both world wars (1914–1945). Qatar's first oil well was drilled in October 1938 and oil was found at <a href="/wiki/Dukhan" title="Dukhan">Dukhan</a> in January 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-ajt_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ajt-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Qatar became an independent state on 3 September 1971 and, since then, the ruler has been styled emir (amir).<sup id="cite_ref-aat_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aat-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Succession">Succession</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emir_of_Qatar&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Succession"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The permanent constitution of the state of Qatar published in 2005 dictates that the rule is hereditary and limited to descendants of <a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" title="Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a>. The order of succession in <a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> is determined by appointments within the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Al Thani">House of Al Thani</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The former emir of Qatar, Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" title="Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الشيخ حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني</span>), appointed his fourth son, Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani">Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani</a> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الشيخ تميم بن حمد آل ثاني</span>), as heir apparent on 5 August 2003, after his older son Sheikh <a href="/wiki/Jassim_bin_Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a> (who held the position between 1996 and 2003) renounced his rights to the throne in favour of Sheikh Tamim.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emir_of_Qatar&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Armed_Forces" title="Qatar Armed Forces">Qatar Armed Forces</a> upon graduation from Sandhurst.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the heir apparent to the Qatar throne on 5 August 2003, when his elder brother <a href="/wiki/Jassim_bin_Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="Jassim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Sheikh Jassim</a> renounced his claim to the title.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then he was groomed to take over rule, working in top security and economics posts.<sup id="cite_ref-AFP_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 5 August 2003, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_profile_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_profile-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sheikh Tamim promoted sport as part of Qatar's bid to raise its international profile.<sup id="cite_ref-AFP_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFP-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2005 he founded <a href="/wiki/Oryx_Qatar_Sports_Investments" class="mw-redirect" title="Oryx Qatar Sports Investments">Oryx Qatar Sports Investments</a>, which owns <a href="/wiki/Paris_Saint-Germain_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Paris Saint-Germain F.C.">Paris Saint-Germain F.C.</a> among other investments. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_rulers">List of rulers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emir_of_Qatar&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: List of rulers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="succession-table-monarch wikitable" style="text-align:center"><tbody><tr><th>Name</th><th>Lifespan</th><th>Reign start</th><th>Reign end</th><th>Notes</th><th>Family</th><th>Image</th></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Thani" title="Mohammed bin Thani">Mohammed bin Thani</a></b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">محمد بن ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1788 or 1718 – December 1878<br />(aged 90)</td><td>1851<sup id="cite_ref-mbt_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mbt-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>18 December 1878</td><td>Son of Thani bin Mohammed.</td><td><a href="/wiki/House_of_Al_Thani" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Al Thani">Al Thani</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Jassim_bin_Mohammed_Al_Thani" title="Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani">Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>The Founder<sup id="cite_ref-jmt_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ndqatar_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ndqatar-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">جاسم بن محمد آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1825 – 17 July 1913<br />(aged 87–88)</td><td>18 December 1878<sup id="cite_ref-jmt_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>17 July 1913<sup id="cite_ref-jmt_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jmt-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_bin_Thani" title="Mohammed bin Thani">Mohammed bin Thani</a>.</td><td>Al Thani</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani of Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg/80px-Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg/120px-Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg/160px-Jassim_bin_Muhammad_Al_Thani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Jassim_Al_Thani" title="Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani">Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">عبد الله بن جاسم آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td>1880 – 25 April 1957<br />(aged 76–77)</td><td>17 July 1913</td><td>20 August 1949<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>abdicated</i>)</span></td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Jassim_bin_Mohammed_Al_Thani" title="Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani">Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani</a>.</td><td>Al Thani</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani of Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg/80px-Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg/120px-Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg/160px-Sheikh_Abdullah_Bin_Jassim_Al_Thani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="702" data-file-height="702" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ali_bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani" title="Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani">Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">علي بن عبد الله آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1895-06-05</span>)</span>5 June 1895 – 31 August 1974<span style="display:none">(1974-08-31)</span> (aged 79)</td><td>20 August 1949</td><td>24 October 1960<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>abdicated</i>)</span></td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Abdullah_bin_Jassim_Al_Thani" title="Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani">Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani</a> and Mariam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah.</td><td>Al Thani</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani of Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg/80px-Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg/120px-Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg/160px-Sheikh_Ali_Bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="351" /></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_bin_Ali_Al_Thani" title="Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani">Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">أحمد بن علي آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td>1922 – 25 November 1977<br />(aged 54–55)</td><td>24 October 1960</td><td>22 February 1972<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/1972_Qatari_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1972 Qatari coup d'état">deposed</a></i>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-oc_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oc-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Ali_bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani" title="Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani">Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani</a>. From independence on 3 September 1971, the first ruler to be styled Emir (Amir).<sup id="cite_ref-aat_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-aat-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Al Thani</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Khalifa_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani">Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1932-09-17</span>)</span>17 September 1932 – 23 October 2016<span style="display:none">(2016-10-23)</span> (aged 84)</td><td>22 February 1972</td><td>27 June 1995<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i><a href="/wiki/1995_Qatari_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="1995 Qatari coup d'état">deposed</a></i>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-dnews_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dnews-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Nephew of <a href="/wiki/Ali_bin_Abdullah_Al_Thani" title="Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani">Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani</a>.</td><td>Al Thani</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sheikh<br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani" title="Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani">Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani</a></b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul style="text-align: center"><li><i>The Father Emir<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></li><li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني</span></span></li></ul></div></td><td><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-01-01</span>) </span>1 January 1952<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span></td><td>27 June 1995</td><td>25 June 2013<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<i>abdicated</i>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-New_Emir_BBC_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Emir_BBC-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td><td>Son of <a href="/wiki/Khalifa_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani">Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani</a> and Aisha bint Hamad Al Attiyah.</td><td>Al Thani</td><td><span class="photo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Hamad_bin_Khalifa_Al_Thani_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="93" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Monarch" title="Monarch">Monarch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial,_royal_and_noble_ranks" title="Imperial, royal and noble ranks">Imperial, royal and noble ranks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_monarchs_of_sovereign_states" title="List of current monarchs of sovereign states">List of current sovereign monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_non-sovereign_monarchs" title="List of current non-sovereign monarchs">List of current non-sovereign monarchs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchy_referendums" title="List of monarchy referendums">List of monarchy referendums</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Absolute_monarchy" title="Absolute monarchy">Absolute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_monarchy" title="Constitutional monarchy">Constitutional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diarchy" title="Diarchy">Diarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elective_monarchy" title="Elective monarchy">Elective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_monarchy" title="Federal monarchy">Federal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hereditary_monarchy" title="Hereditary monarchy">Hereditary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Non-sovereign_monarchy" title="Non-sovereign monarchy">Non-sovereign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Personal_union" title="Personal union">Personal union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent" title="Regent">Regency</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdication" title="Abdication">Abdication</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_monarchy" title="Abolition of monarchy">Abolition of monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aristocracy_(class)" title="Aristocracy (class)">Aristocracy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_monarchy" title="Criticism of monarchy">Criticism of monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decolonization" title="Decolonization">Decolonization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratization" title="Democratization">Democratization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dynasty" title="Dynasty">Dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Head_of_state" title="Head of state">Head of state</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legitimacy_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legitimacy (political)">Legitimacy (political)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oligarchy" title="Oligarchy">Oligarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_succession" title="Order of succession">Order of succession</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republicanism" title="Republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-proclaimed_monarchy" title="Self-proclaimed monarchy">Self-proclaimed monarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sovereignty" title="Sovereignty">Sovereignty</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Titles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chhatrapati" title="Chhatrapati">Chhatrapati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor" title="Emperor">Emperor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khan_(title)" title="Khan (title)">Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King" title="King">King</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">Queen regnant</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharaoh" title="Pharaoh">Pharaoh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_regnant" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince regnant">Prince regnant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raja" title="Raja">Raja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">Shah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsar" title="Tsar">Tsar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Africa145" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monarchies_in_Africa" title="Monarchies in Africa">Africa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ngwenyama" title="Ngwenyama">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Lesotho" class="mw-redirect" title="List of monarchs of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Morocco" title="King of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_constituent_African_monarchs" class="mw-redirect" title="List of current constituent African monarchs">list</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monarchies_in_Asia" title="Monarchies in Asia">Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Bahrain" title="King of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Bhutan" title="King of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sultans_of_Brunei" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Sultans of Brunei">Brunei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Cambodia" title="Monarchy of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Jordan" title="List of kings of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emir_of_Kuwait" title="Emir of Kuwait">Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yang_di-Pertuan_Agong" class="mw-redirect" title="Yang di-Pertuan Agong">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Oman" title="List of rulers of Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="King of Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Thailand" title="Monarchy of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="President of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_non-sovereign_Asian_monarchs" title="List of current non-sovereign Asian monarchs">list</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monarchies_in_Europe" title="Monarchies in Europe">Europe</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Co-Princes_of_Andorra" class="mw-redirect" title="Co-Princes of Andorra">Andorra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium" title="Monarchy of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Denmark" title="Monarchy of Denmark">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Liechtenstein" title="Monarchy of Liechtenstein">Liechtenstein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Luxembourg" title="Monarchy of Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Monaco" title="Monarchy of Monaco">Monaco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_Netherlands" title="Monarchy of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Norway" title="Monarchy of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Spain" title="Monarchy of Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Sweden" title="Monarchy of Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereigns_of_Vatican_City_State" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereigns of Vatican City State">Vatican City (Holy See)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Monarchies_in_Oceania" title="Monarchies in Oceania">Oceania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Tonga" title="List of monarchs of Tonga">Tonga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_realm" title="Commonwealth realm">Commonwealth realms</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda" title="Monarchy of Antigua and Barbuda">Antigua and Barbuda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Australia" title="Monarchy of Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_Bahamas" title="Monarchy of the Bahamas">Bahamas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belize" title="Monarchy of Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Canada" title="Monarchy of Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Grenada" title="Monarchy of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Jamaica" title="Monarchy of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_New_Zealand" title="Monarchy of New Zealand">New Zealand</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_in_the_Cook_Islands" title="Monarchy in the Cook Islands">Cook Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Niuean_monarchs" title="List of Niuean monarchs">Niue</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Papua_New_Guinea" title="Monarchy of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="Monarchy of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Saint_Lucia" title="Monarchy of Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="Monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Solomon_Islands" title="Monarchy of Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Tuvalu" title="Monarchy of Tuvalu">Tuvalu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Monarchy of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_monarchy" title="Abolition of monarchy">Former</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Africa</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adamawa_Emirate" title="Adamawa Emirate">Adamawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ankole" title="Ankole">Ankole</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Aussa" title="Sultanate of Aussa">Aussa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Bagirmi" title="Sultanate of Bagirmi">Bagirmi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barotseland" title="Barotseland">Barotseland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanem%E2%80%93Bornu_Empire" title="Kanem–Bornu Empire">Bornu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Burundi" title="Kingdom of Burundi">Burundi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_African_Empire" title="Central African Empire">Central Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dahomey" title="Dahomey">Dahomey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Kingdom of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_Empire" title="Ethiopian Empire">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghana_Empire" title="Ghana Empire">Ghana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gomma" title="Kingdom of Gomma">Gomma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Gumma" title="Kingdom of Gumma">Gumma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islands_of_Refreshment" title="Islands of Refreshment">Islands of Refreshment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kaffa" title="Kingdom of Kaffa">Kaffa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kongo" title="Kingdom of Kongo">Kongo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Libya" title="Kingdom of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Luba" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Luba">Luba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merina_Kingdom" title="Merina Kingdom">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_Empire" title="Mali Empire">Mali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayotte#History" title="Mayotte">Maore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maravi" title="Maravi">Maravi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moh%C3%A9li#History" title="Mohéli">Mwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anjouan#Early_and_colonial_history" title="Anjouan">Ndzuwani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grande_Comore#History" title="Grande Comore">Ngazidja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Rwanda" title="Kingdom of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shilluk_Kingdom" title="Shilluk Kingdom">Shilluk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tunisia" title="Kingdom of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wituland" title="Wituland">Wituland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wassoulou_Empire" title="Wassoulou Empire">Wassoulou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeke_Kingdom" title="Yeke Kingdom">Yeke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Zanzibar" title="Sultanate of Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Zimbabwe" title="Kingdom of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_kingdoms_in_pre-colonial_Africa" class="mw-redirect" title="List of kingdoms in pre-colonial Africa">and other</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Araucan%C3%ADa_and_Patagonia" title="Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia">Araucanía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aztec_Empire" title="Aztec Empire">Aztec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Brazil" title="Empire of Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Empire_of_Haiti" title="Second Empire of Haiti">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inca_Empire" title="Inca Empire">Inca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Mexican_Empire" title="Second Mexican Empire">Mexico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mosquito_Coast" title="Mosquito Coast">Miskito</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suriname_(Kingdom_of_the_Netherlands)" title="Suriname (Kingdom of the Netherlands)">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Talamanca" title="Kingdom of Talamanca">Talamanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Trinidad" title="Principality of Trinidad">Trinidad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteen_Colonies" title="Thirteen Colonies">Thirteen Colonies</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Asia</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Afghanistan" title="Kingdom of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Idrisid_Emirate_of_Asir" title="Idrisid Emirate of Asir">Asir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengal_Sultanate" title="Bengal Sultanate">Bengal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Bukhara" title="Emirate of Bukhara">Bukhara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konbaung_dynasty" title="Konbaung dynasty">Burma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cebu_(historical_polity)" title="Cebu (historical polity)">Cebu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shihab_dynasty" title="Shihab dynasty">Chehab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_China" title="Monarchy of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dapitan_Kingdom" title="Dapitan Kingdom">Dapitan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hejaz" title="Kingdom of Hejaz">Hejaz</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indonesian_monarchies" title="List of Indonesian monarchies">Indonesia</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pahlavi_dynasty" title="Pahlavi dynasty">Iran</a> (<a href="/wiki/Qajar_Iran" title="Qajar Iran">Qajar</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Iraq" title="Kingdom of Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirate_of_Jabal_Shammar" title="Emirate of Jabal Shammar">Jabal Shammar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathiri" title="Kathiri">Kathiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khanate_of_Khiva" title="Khanate of Khiva">Khiva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Empire" title="Korean Empire">Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kumul_Khanate" title="Kumul Khanate">Kumul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kurdistan" title="Kingdom of Kurdistan">Kurdistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Laos" title="Kingdom of Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Maguindanao" title="Sultanate of Maguindanao">Maguindanao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahra_Sultanate" title="Mahra Sultanate">Mahra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Maldivian_monarchs" title="List of Maldivian monarchs">Maldives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchukuo" title="Manchukuo">Manchukuo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bogd_Khanate_of_Mongolia" title="Bogd Khanate of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Najran" title="Principality of Najran">Najran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Nepal" title="Kingdom of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qu%27aiti" title="Qu'aiti">Qu'aiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom" title="Ryukyu Kingdom">Ryukyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raj_of_Sarawak" title="Raj of Sarawak">Sarawak</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shan_States" title="Shan States">Shan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Sikkim" title="Kingdom of Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhalese_monarchy" title="Sinhalese monarchy">Sri Lanka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sip_Song_Chau_Tai" title="Sip Song Chau Tai">Sip Song Chau Tai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sultanate_of_Sulu" title="Sultanate of Sulu">Sulu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arab_Kingdom_of_Syria" title="Arab Kingdom of Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheikdom_of_Upper_Asir" title="Sheikdom of Upper Asir">Upper Asir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Yafa" title="Upper Yafa">Upper Yafa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monarchs_of_Vietnam" title="List of monarchs of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Yemen" title="Kingdom of Yemen">Yemen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emirates_of_South_Arabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Emirates of South Arabia">Emirates of South Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_South_Arabia" title="Federation of South Arabia">South Arabia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Europe</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Kingdom_(1928%E2%80%931939)" title="Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)">Albania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aragon" title="Kingdom of Aragon">Aragon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Asturias" title="Kingdom of Asturias">Asturias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austrian_Empire" title="Austrian Empire">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Austria-Hungary" title="Austria-Hungary">Austria-Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bavaria" title="Kingdom of Bavaria">Bavaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bosnia" title="Kingdom of Bosnia">Bosnia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duchy_of_Brittany" title="Duchy of Brittany">Brittany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Principality_of_Catalonia" title="Principality of Catalonia">Catalonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armenian_Kingdom_of_Cilicia" title="Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia">Cilicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Corsica_(1736)" title="Kingdom of Corsica (1736)">Corsica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crimean_Khanate" title="Crimean Khanate">Crimea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Cyprus" title="Kingdom of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Finland_(1918)" title="Kingdom of Finland (1918)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_French_Empire" title="Second French Empire">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia" title="Kingdom of Galicia">Galicia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Georgia" title="Kingdom of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">Germany</a></li> <li><a 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