خليفة بن حمد آل ثاني
He is the son of Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani and Sheikha Sarah bint Mohammed Al Thani and the grandson of Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani and Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani. After the coup of 1972 his half-brother Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani appointed him as the Minister of the Interior.