Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani of the ruling family of Qatar, the House of Thani. Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer bin Mohammed Al Thani (Arabic: حمد بن ثامر بن محمد آل ثاني) is the chairman of the board of the Al Jazeera Media Network, which is based in Qatar. He also served briefly as director general until the appointment of Dr. Mostefa Souag and has served as president of the board of administration. He is also the president of the Al-Gharafa Sports Club. Before starting Al Jazeera, he joined the ministry of information in 1987 and then served as undersecretary to
Udon Thani heavy rain and somewhat cooler temperatures during the day, although nights remain warm. The range of reliably recorded temperatures in the city is from to . The city alone has 399,535 inhabitants of the 1,572,786 for the province. In the mid-1900s, about 46,700 Vietnamese war refugees migrated to Udon Thani. Their descendants still reside in Udon Thani. Today, Udon Thani has the largest Vietnamese community in all of Thailand. By air: Udon Thani International Airport, close to the city centre (within the ring road), serves a number of domestic airports: Chiang Mai International Airport; U-Tapao International Airport (Pattaya); and Bangkok