Qatar: Khalid Bin Khalifa’s promotion to prime minister

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani appointed Emiri Diwan chief Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani as prime minister and interior minister on 28 January, taking over from the Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al-Thani who had handed in his resignation after six and a half years as premier; prior to that Abdullah had been minister of state for internal affairs and was promoted to prime minster and interior minister on Tamim’s succession.