Qatar ex-PM Loses Powerful Position on Investment Body
Qatar's former prime minister and strongman was on Tuesday replaced as deputy head of the powerful Qatar Investment Authority in a shakeup ordered by the country's new young emir, official QNA news agency reported.
Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani had already lost his post as foreign and prime minister when the new emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani announced his cabinet on June 26.
The emir decided in a decree to restructure the QIA's administrative council, of which he is the head, handing the vice presidency to his half-brother Prince Abdullah bin Hamad al-Thani, QNA said.
The decree also named Finance Minister Ali Sherif al-Emadi and Economy and Trade Minister Ahmed Bin Jassem Bin Mohamed al-Thani to the new administrative council.
A separate decree appointed Ahmed Mohammed al-Sayed, managing director of Qatar Holdings, as executive chairman of the QIA.
The emir also announced the formation of a higher council for economic affairs and investment, which he will head himself, QNA quoted a separate decree on Tuesday as saying.
Several ministers and top officials, including the prime minister and representatives of the QIA and Qatar Development Bank, will sit on the new council.
The QIA, the gas-rich gulf emirate's sovereign wealth fund, has invested billions of dollars in businesses ranging from Germany's Volkswagen to French energy giant Total, Britain's Sainsbury's supermarket chain and Barclays Bank.
Its assets are estimated at $100-$200 billion (150 billion euros).
Source: Agence France Presse
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