The royal family in Qatar inherited the "tradition" of usurping power. 1972 On February 22nd, the first king of Qatar, the Emir, was deposed, and his cousin Khalifa became the second Emir.
1On June 27th, 1995, Crown Prince Hamad, the son of Khalifa, with the support of his second wife and noble daughter Sheikh Moza, staged a coup while his father Khalifa was on holiday in Geneva, Switzerland, and seized the position of Emir.
After that, Khalifa lived in exile in Switzerland for nine years. In 2004, he accepted the rule of his son and was allowed to return to Qatar. He died on 20 16.
20 13 On June 25th, Hamad handed over the throne to Crown Prince Tamim Al-Thani, and successfully abdicated, which was also "the first incumbent king in the Arab world to abdicate". Tamim is Hamad's fourth son, aged 42, born to Hamad's favorite second princess Moza.
At this opening ceremony, King Hamad also became the focus of the audience, and he sat on the most important throne.