Winners and losers as Sheikh Tamim reshuffles Qatar’s top team

Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani reshuffled his 14-member cabinet, created a number of new government bodies and appointed new leaders at key state-run institutions, including the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), Qatar Petroleum (QP) and the Qatar Financial Markets Authority (QFMA) in a string of 4 November decrees.Much attention was paid to the appointment to chair QP of Tamim’s half-brother, Deputy Emir Sheikh Abdullah Bin Hamad.