Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1991)

In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Thani.

Khalifa bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani (Arabic: الشيخ خليفة بن حمد بن خليفة آل ثاني; born 11 November 1991), known as K.H.K, is a member of the Qatari royal family.

Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
Al Thani in 2024
Born	(1991-11-11) 11 November 1991 (age 33)
House	Thani
Father	Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Mother	Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned

Education

In 2011, Al Thani began studying at Los Angeles Mission College, a community college. He lived in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. According to the Los Angeles Times, his handlers sought to get him accepted into UCLA by suggesting that the school would receive a substantial donation. They next sought to get him accepted into the University of Southern California (USC). A couple months after a meeting between Al Thani's mother, Moza bint Nasser, and USC President C. L. Max Nikias, Al Thani began studying at USC as a transfer student.^[1]

Al Thani received a bachelor's and master's degree from USC. In July 2020, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative report showing that he was allowed to skip classes as an undergraduate student for dubious "security reasons", and that he obtained his master's during a period in which he never set foot on campus. During his master's, Al Thani got a "special dispensation" to study remotely, which USC has never offered to any other student before or after. At the same time that he was enrolled in the master's, social media posts showed him attending a handful of military exercises as well as vacationing in France, the UK, and Monaco, and Algeria, where he went hunting with falcons. An adjunct professor said that Al Thani's handlers delivered a final paper in a bag that also contained a Rolex watch, which the adjunct returned.^[1]

Security positions

Al Thani is an officer in the Qatari internal security service.^[1] He was also Commander of Security Operations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.^[2][3]

Personal life

Al Thani is a car collector. He frequently has his cars shipped to cities around the world for vacation.^[4]

In December 2019, Al Thani was elected as the new president of Al-Duhail SC.^[5][6]

In 2020, there was an outstanding warrant for Al Thani's arrest in California for failure to appear in court following a traffic violation. California Highway Patrol officers detained Al Thani and cited him for speeding (130 mph (210 km/h)). In a criminal complaint, L.A. prosecutors alleged he was driving recklessly.^[1]