Minister of Interior
His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was appointed Minister of Interior in March 2023.
Career
In 2021, prior to his appointment as Minister of Interior, His Excellency assumed the position of Assistant Chairman of Tournament Operations and Safety Committee for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. He was also appointed Commander of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Security Operations and President of the National Risk Management Team. In the same year and the one that followed, he led the supervisory operations for the “Watan” security exercise.
His Excellency participated in securing two editions of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019 and 2020 through the Tournament Safety and Security Operations Committee. In 2020, he was appointed member of the National Security Council and member of the Steering Committee of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC). He was also appointed as a member of the supervisory committee for the first Shura Council elections, which took place in 2021. In the same year, he led the operations of the FIFA Arab Cup and the Formula 1 World Championship.
From 2015 to 2018, His Excellency participated in approximately 13 military training courses held in Qatar, the US and France. The courses covered several fields such as combating terrorism, sniping, urban combat, discarding and disposal of explosives, problem-solving strategies, exceptional decision-making, “Al Saiqa,” freefall parachuting, operational parachuting, diving, negotiations during terrorist attacks, VIP protection and riot control.
In 2015, His Excellency joined the Internal Security Force, known as “Lekhwiya,” where he was awarded first place with “Excellence” in the officer induction course. With an Officer rank, he joined “Lifdawiya,” a special unit operating under “Lekhwiya.”
Besides Arabic, His Excellency also speaks English.
Education
His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was born in 1991 in Doha, where he was raised and received his early education. He enrolled at the University of Southern California in the United States (US) and graduated in 2015 with an Exemplary rating in his Public Policy degree. Afterwards, he obtained a master’s degree in Public Diplomacy from the same university in 2017.