Domestic policy [ ] Further information: Tamim rules an authoritarian regime in Qatar, as he holds all executive and legislative authority, political parties are forbidden, and elections are not free and fair | In response, Qatar commissioned an investigation by the international law firm DLA Piper that resulted in laws that require contractors to provide improved living conditions and ban them from seizing passports |
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Tamim considers Qatar's rivalry with Saudi Arabia unproductive, as has been the case in the so far unsuccessful attempt to build a cohesive Syrian opposition |
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Sheikh Mohammed bin Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani born 17 July 2017• In 2003, Sheikh Jassim stepped down from the position of crown prince | According to a report by Stratfor, Jassim had no allies among the military forces or secret police at the time of the 2013 political transition, and thereby few chances to overturn Hamad's decree |
Deputy chairman of the Ruling Family Council | In 2014, Tamim passed new legislation, which was said to be part of an agreement among Gulf states to criminalize online insults of the region's royal families; The cybercrime law outlawed the spreading of "false news" as well as digital material that violates the country's "social values" or "general order" |
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Tamim in particular played a role in the mediation with Taliban leaders, with whom he initiated contacts under his father's government | : Knight Grand Cross of the |