Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani (Arabic: حمد بن جاسم بن حمد آل ثاني; born 1959) was the commander in chief of the Qatar Police from 1972 to 1977 and Minister for Economy and Trade from 1977 to 1986.
Born in Doha, he finished his primary and high school in Qatar, and later was sent to the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He then attended police course training in the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
See main article: 1996 Qatari coup d'état attempt. Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad was found guilty of staging an abortive coup to restore the current emir's father Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani to the throne in 1996.[1] He stayed abroad for over three years, before in 1998 Qatari secret forces directed his private jet on a flight from Beirut in midair to Qatar. He was sentenced to hanging along with 32 co-conspirators, 21 May 2001. However, he was released in 2008.