Abdelaziz bin Ahmed Al Thani


Abdulaziz bin Ahmad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani 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 Minister for Health between 1967 and 1972 and also as president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. He was the crown prince 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 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.