Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (Arabic: جوعان بن حمد بن خليفه ال ثاني ) is a close member of Royal House of Thani. He is the fifth son of former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and the third child of the Emir with his second wife, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al Missned. Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad was educated at École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, France. He was the Torch relay ambassador on the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. In May 2015, he was appointed president of the
Surat Thani Province Surat Thani Province Surat Thani (, ), often shortened to Surat, is the largest of the southern provinces ("changwat") of Thailand. It lies on the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Surat Thani means "city of good people", a title given to the city by King Vajiravudh (Rama VI). The area of Surat Thani was already inhabited in prehistoric times by Semang and Malayan tribes. Founded in the 3rd century, the Srivijaya kingdom dominated the Malay Peninsula until the 13th century. The city of Chaiya contains ruins from the Srivijaya period, and it was probably a regional capital of