Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani ( ar, link=no, عبد العزيز بن أحمد بن علي آل ثاني; c. 1946 – February 14, 2008) was the eldest son of the
Emir of the State of Qatar Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.
Biography
Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al Thani was born in 1946, the oldest son of Emir
Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani.
Sheikh Abdulaziz served as
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between 1967 and 1972 and also as president of the
Palestine Red Crescent Society
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جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني, PRCS) was founded in 1968, by Fathi Arafat, Yasser Arafat's brother. It is a humanitarian organization that is part of the International Red Cro ...
. He was the
crown prince
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of Qatar, but lost his position on 22 February 1972 when Prime Minister
Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani took power in a nonviolent palace
coup.
Sheikh Abdulaziz then left Qatar and lived in exile in
Saudi Arabia
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until his death on February 14, 2008, in
Jeddah. He was buried in Al-Rayyan Cemetery in Qatar.
Sons
Abdulaziz had fifteen sons, listed here with their sons.
*Khalid bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Five sons: Ahmed, Abdullah, Hamad, Sultan, Faisal
*Abdullah bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Three sons: Abdulaziz, Ahmed, Ali
*Khalifa bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. One son: Abdulaziz
*Mohammed bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Five sons: Hussein, Ahmed, Nasser, Jassim, Abdulaziz
*Talal bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Five sons: Hamad, Abdulaziz, Jassim, Abdulla, Ahmed
*Hamad bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Ali bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Three sons: Abdulaziz, Ahmed, Jassim
*Ahmed bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. Four sons: Abdulaziz, Nasser, Hamad, Khalid
*AbdulRahman bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani. One son: Abdulaziz
*Fahad bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Jassim bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Al Hassan bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Youssef bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Bader bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
*Abdulaziz bin Abdulaziz bin Ahmed Al-Thani
References
1946 births
2008 deaths
Abdelaziz bin Ahmed
Qatari exiles
Government ministers of Qatar
Heirs apparent who never acceded
Qatari expatriates in Saudi Arabia
Sons of monarchs
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