Gwamnatin Qatar ta sanar da rasuwar tsohon Sarkin ƙasar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, wanda ya rasu yana da shekaru 74 a duniya.
Sheikh Hamad ya jagoranci Qatar daga shekarar 1995 zuwa 2013, kuma ana masa kallon ɗaya daga cikin shugabannin da suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen gina Qatar ta zamani da kuma ɗaga martabarta a idon duniya.
A lokacin mulkinsa, ƙasar ta samu gagarumin ci gaban tattalin arziki, musamman ta fuskar albarkatun iskar gas da bunƙasar ababen more rayuwa, lamarin da ya mayar da Qatar ɗaya daga cikin ƙasashen da suka fi bunƙasa a yankin Gabas ta Tsakiya.
Har ila yau, a shekarar 1996 ne aka ƙaddamar da tashar talabijin ta Al Jazeera bisa umarninsa, wadda daga bisani ta zama ɗaya daga cikin fitattun kafafen yaɗa labarai na duniya.
Rasuwar Sheikh Hamad ta jawo jimami a cikin ƙasar Qatar da ma sassa daban-daban na duniya, inda shugabanni da al'umma ke ci gaba da yabawa da tuna irin gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen ci gaban ƙasarsa da kuma ƙarfafa matsayinta a harkokin ƙasa da ƙasa.