Limited ministerial reshuffle in Qatar
Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Tuesday made a limited ministerial reshuffle according to which the minister of agriculture and agrarian reform, Ali Bin Saeed al-Khayarin, left the ministry and was replaced by Ali Bin Muhammad al-Khater.
Before acquiring the new post, al-Khater was the minister of state for the Cabinet affairs. In 1994 he was the assistant secretary general of the Gulf organization and from 1977-1989 he was the director of the municipality of Doha.
Ali Bin Saeed al-Kuwari was appointed as a minister of state for Cabinet affairs. He was a secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture and Municipal affairs.
On January 12, the ruler of Qatar made a limited ministerial reshuffle according to which the ministries of electricity, water, energy and industry were merged in one ministry, led by Abdullah Bin Hamad al-Ateyah. According to the former ministerial reshuffle, Hajar Muhammad Hajar was appointed as minister of health and Hassan Bin Abdullah al-Ghanem as minister of justice, as the latter ministry post was vacant following the resignation of its former minister, Najib al-Nueimi.
Meanwhile, Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khaleifa al-Thani on Tuesday issued a decision providing for setting up a higher ministerial committee under the chairmanship of Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasem Bin Jaber al-Thani and with the membership of the minister of energy and industry and water and electricity, Abdullah al-Ateyah; minister of the economy and trade, Youssef Hussein Kamal; and the minister of state for the Cabinet affairs who was appointed on Tuesday.
The committee is to "monitor and evaluate the international economic development policy and its reflections on the state of Qatar as well as to propose necessary frames to carry out the country's economic policy plans with other states and organizations."
On Monday a delegation comprising high-ranking officials in the Qatari Ministry of the Interior led by Col. All Sultan al-Kuwari will head for Kuwait "to get acquainted with Kuwait's experience and to get to know about the preparations taken by the Kuwaiti Ministry of the Interior for the elections of the Kuwaiti's nation council (the parliarment)."