1995 Qatari coup d'état

Palace overthrow of Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani June 2025 1995 Qatari coup d'état Qatar-CIA WFB Map.png A CIA WFB map of Qatar, not showing the Halul Island. 27 June 1995 Doha, Qatar 25 17 12 N 51 32 0 E type:city_region:QA-DA inline Coup attempt succeeds. Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani ousted from power. Qatar Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani Qatar Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani No casualties reported. A bloodless palace coup took place in Qatar on 27 June 1995.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/emir-of-qatar-deposed-by-his-son-1588698.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/emir-of-qatar-deposed-by-his-son-1588698.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Emir of Qatar deposed by his son The Independent Patrick Cockburn 28 June 1995 1 June 2018Prince deposes father in Qatar http://www.deseretnews.com/article/425035/PRINCE-DEPOSES-FATHER-IN-QATAR-PALACE-COUP.html 26 June 2013 Deseret News 27 June 1995 October 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161009122301/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/425035/PRINCE-DEPOSES-FATHER-IN-QATAR-PALACE-COUP.html dead The coup was carried out by Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani who, with the support of the ruling Al Thani family, took control of the country while his father, Emir Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, was on a visit to Geneva, Switzerland.Harman Danna Backstory: The royal couple that put Qatar on the map Christian Science Monitor 5 March 2007 He was of a new generation, open to the sorts of social, technological, economic, and political ideas from outside that his elders had never known. And, surrounding himself with young, Western-educated advisers, the new emir got right down to the business of remaking the national agenda of this traditional Wahhabi land. https://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0305/p20s01-wome.html/%28page%29/2 10 November 2010Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, Emir Current Leaders of Nations Gale 1998 2 March 2012 http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&disableHighlighting=false&prodId=BIC1&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1610000166&mode=view&userGroupName=fairfax_main&jsid=f37eaa4c06172a6eac8bf7d9deb7f23b GALE-K1610000166 fee, via Fairfax County Public Library Gale Biography in Context. The coup came after a falling-out between Hamad bin Khalifa and his father who, in early 1995, had tried regaining some of the authority he bestowed upon Hamad in 1992.https://www.voanews.com/a/smooth-qatar-handover-rooted-in-turbulent-past-of-father-emir/1694301.html Smooth Qatar Handover Rooted in Turbulent Past of 'Father Emir' Voice of America 27 June 2015 Aftermath In response to the coup, Khalifa bin Hamad called his son an "ignorant man" and proclaimed that he was still the legitimate ruler, while Hamad bin Khalifa engaged an American law firm to freeze his father's bank accounts abroad in order to deter a possible counter-coup. However, a counter-coup was attempted in February 1996 under the leadership of former Economy Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani. The counter-coup failed, and several of Qatar's traditional Arab allies were implicated in the plot, namely Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/al-jazeera-reveals-details-1996-coup-attempt-qatar-180304200532130.html New details revealed on 1996 coup attempt against Qatar Al Jazeera 4 March 2018 1 June 2018 After his deposition, the former Emir lived in exile in France and Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,https://www.economist.com/international/1999/07/29/royal-jigsaw-in-qatar Royal jigsaw in Qatar The Economist 29 July 1999 1 June 2018 until he returned to Qatar in 2004. See also 1972 Qatari coup d'état 1996 Qatari coup attempt References Category:1995 conflicts Coup d'etat, 1995 coup d'etat Qatar Category:Military history of Qatar Category:Coups d'état in Qatar Category:June 1995 in Asia