Qatar: Al-Thani influence chart

Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim has overseen a centralisation of power in the Emiri Diwan, to move away from the style of previous governments.

This family tree of the Al-Thani shows the main lines of the Qatari ruling family, including branches now quite distant from the Emir whose members remain influential.

Key individuals are linked to profiles and curated material from GSN’s unrivalled multi-decade archive of reporting..