# Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes emir of Qatar

Date: 2013

## The fact

On 25 June 2013 Sheikh Hamad abdicated and Tamim became emir of Qatar.

## Context

The ruling family transferred. He was already deputy emir. He did not write a competitive election. Later blockade and World Cup are neighbouring later instruments.

The 2017 blockade is later. World Cup 2022 is later.

The emir of Qatar is head of state and, in practice, of government under the 2004 constitution as applied. He does not write FIFA statutes, UN Security Council resolutions, Hamas military orders, or ILO conventions by himself.

## Evidence and sources

Amiri Diwan of Qatar carries the official instrument or communique. Reuters records the same dated act independently.

## Significance

The path is [social cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion) in a dynastic state: a completed uncontested transfer avoided a succession crisis. It is not a competitive poll.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a 25 June 2013 accession of Tamim as emir, independently reported.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, a later repeal, a court that vacated the instrument, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

Hamad abdicated. The family and armed forces accepted.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes emir of Qatar, not a later speech about Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes emir of Qatar.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes emir of Qatar on 2013-06-25 is not a licence to treat every later Amiri Diwan of Qatar communique as this same act. If a later repeal, stay, or successor decree exists, it needs its own date and its own row. This dossier refuses to average Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani becomes emir of Qatar into a personality. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He took the emirate. Hamad abdicated. The family and armed forces accepted. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

## People

- Tamim bin Hamad Al: https://factrail.ai/people/tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-emir-idUSBRE95O0K420130625
- https://www.diwan.gov.qa/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/qa-tamim-emir-2013