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Qatar

Qatar

StaleSovereign state

Qatar

Primary executive

Stale

Head of government

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026

Latest election

Completed

2021 Shura Council election

Oct 2, 2021 · Parliamentary election

Electoral system
Thirty members were elected in single-member constituencies; fifteen were appointed by the Amir. The 2024 constitutional amendments replaced elections with appointment for the current Council.
Shura Council - History and current composition

Current policy issues

  1. 1Sustainable economic growth and diversificationGovernment Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030
  2. 2Fiscal sustainabilityGovernment Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030
  3. 3Skills and workforce productivityGovernment Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030
  4. 4Family welfare and social cohesionGovernment Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030
  5. 5Environmental sustainabilityGovernment Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030

Legislature

Partial

Consultative Assembly of Qatar

Elections

Partial

2021 Qatari legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Oct 2, 2021

Completed

2025 Qatari legislative election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

Candidates

Partial

Sources

9

  1. 1Official institutions of Qatar - manual editorial v19citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Amiri Diwan - Biography of HH the Amircitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Amiri Diwan - Appointment of the Prime Ministercitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Amiri Diwan - System of Governmentcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Government Communications Office - Permanent Constitution of Qatarcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Shura Council - History and current compositioncitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Government Communications Office - Third National Development Strategy 2024-2030citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  9. 9Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Western Asia

Israel. Primary executive: Benjamin Netanyahu. Head of state: Isaac Herzog. StaleLebanon. Primary executive: Nawaf Salam. Head of state: Joseph Aoun. StalePalestinian Territories. Primary executive: —. Head of state: Mahmoud Abbas. PartialJordan. Primary executive: Abdullah II of Jordan. StaleUnited Arab Emirates. Primary executive: Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan. StaleQatar. Primary executive: Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. StaleKuwait. Primary executive: Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. StaleIraq. Primary executive: Ali Faleh Al-Zaidi. Head of state: Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi. StaleOman. Primary executive: Haitham bin Tarik. ConflictingSyria. Primary executive: Ahmed al-Sharaa. StaleArmenia. Primary executive: Nikol Pashinyan. Head of state: Vahagn Khachatryan. PartialTürkiye. Primary executive: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ConflictingAzerbaijan. Primary executive: Ilham Aliyev. StaleGeorgia. Primary executive: Irakli Kobakhidze. Head of state: Mikheil Kavelashvili. StaleYemen. Primary executive: Rashad Mohammed Al-Alimi. StaleSaudi Arabia. Primary executive: Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. ConflictingCyprus. Primary executive: Nicos Christodoulides. Conflicting
QatarPrimary executive: Tamim bin Hamad Al ThaniStale
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