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Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: جوعان بن حمد بن خليفه آل ثاني; born 23 July 1986) is a senior member of the House of Thani. He is the fifth son of former emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, his third child with his second wife, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned. He is thus brother of the current emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. He is president of the Olympic Council of Asia and the Qatar Olympic Committee.
Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad was educated at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, France. He also attended Oak Ridge Military Academy in Oak Ridge, North Carolina. He was the torch relay ambassador on the 2006 Asian Games in Doha.
In May 2015, he was appointed president of the Qatar Olympic Committee.
In addition to his other roles, he is a Board Member of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 (2018) and President of the 2023 FINA World Championships Organising Committee and the 2023 FINA World Masters Championships Organising Committee (2018).
He has been involved in the successful organization of several international events in Qatar. He was the President of the ANOC World Beach Games…
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