Country · QA
Qatar
قطر קטר0 parties on file
This country appears on the regional map; its parties are not part of the current dataset.
Timeline · 1 event
Region timeline →-
GCC blockade of Qatar begins
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt severed diplomatic and economic ties with Qatar on 2017-06-05 over allegations of Qatari support for terrorism and ties to Iran. The blockade lasted three and a half years before being resolved by the Al-Ula Declaration in January 2021.
Marquee bills
All bills →Current leadership
- Head of state In gov
Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani تميم بن حمد آل ثاني
Independent
Emir of Qatar since June 2013, when his father Hamad bin Khalifa abdicated. Architect of Qatar's active regional mediation posture and host of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
- Head of government In gov
Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani محمد بن عبدالرحمن آل ثاني
Independent
Prime Minister of Qatar since March 2023 and Foreign Minister since 2016 — the longest-serving foreign minister in any Gulf country. Has been the lead Qatari mediator in the 2020 US-Taliban talks, the 2024 Israel-Hamas hostage negotiations, and the ongoing Iran-US backchannel. The face of Doha's "mediator as foreign policy" doctrine.
Parties
No parties recorded yet.
Source documents · 5
All docs →- Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 80th UN General Assembly, 23 Sep 2025 — after the 9 Sep 2025 Israeli strike on Doha targeting the Hamas negotiating delegation (English translation of Arabic original) 846 words
- Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 79th UN General Assembly, 24 Sep 2024 (English translation of Arabic original) 662 words
- Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 78th UN General Assembly, 19 Sep 2023 (English translation of Arabic original) — pre-October 7 doctrine 697 words
- Tamim — 76th UNGA address — Al-Ula reconciliation, Iran dialogue, Palestinian centrality (21 September 2021) 602 words
- Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani address to the 72nd UN General Assembly, 19 Sep 2017 — the Qatar-blockade response speech (English translation of Arabic original) 1159 words
How to cite
Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.
In-text: (Gara, 2026)
Per-record citation
APA 7Reference list · academic default
Gara, T. (2026). Qatar [Country profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/QA
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Qatar." Country profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/QA.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-country-qa,
title = {{Qatar}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
type = {Country profile},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/QA},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
} Dataset / working-paper citation
If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.
APA 7Preprint
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
title = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
author = {Gara, Tarek},
year = {2026},
type = {Preprint},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
} First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.