Fue conocido por impulsar profundos cambios económicos, sociales y culturales y por situar al país como actor global en diplomacia e inversión.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at age 74. The state-run Qatar News Agency reported his death without offering a cause.

DUBAI: Qatari former Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has died at the age of 74, the nation’s Amiri Diwan, its top government body, said on Sunday.

Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the former emir of Qatar who transformed the Gulf nation into a global hub for diplomacy, media and investment, has died at 74, state media…

It was also during his tenure, in 1996, that Al Jazeera, a Qatar-funded global news organisation, was established.

His reign saw the launch of Al Jazeera and Qatar's emergence as a regional power