Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani (born 1991)

Sheikh 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 the current Qatari minister of the interior, a Qatari royal and prominent car collector.

Education

In 2011, Al Thani began studying in Los Angeles, California at Los Angeles Mission College, a community college. He lived in the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. According to the Los Angeles Times, the prince's 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, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser and USC President C. L. Max Nikias, Al Thani was studying at USC as a transfer student.

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 before or after offered to any other student. 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.

Car collection

Al Thani, under his nickname KHK, is famous for his flashy car collection. He frequently has his cars shipped by air freight to various cities around the world for vacation, including London, Paris, Los Angeles, and Monaco. He uses the California license plates "KHALIFA" and "KHK" interchangeably on many of his cars. His collection currently includes:

• Bentley Bacalar painted in Alpine Green
• Bugatti Divo painted in Cast Grey with stripes and interior inspired by the colours of the French flag.
• Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+
• Bugatti Chiron painted in Jet Grey with 'KHK‘ embroidered on the seats and an oil painting of the Emir of Qatar on the dashboard.
• Ferrari LaFerrari, 1 of 4 made painted in Bianco Fuji Opaco. Another LaFerrari painted in this colour is owned by Al Thani's brother Joaan bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani.
• Ferrari F12tdf painted in Giallo Triplo Strato
• Ferrari Monza SP2 painted in Grigio Scuro
• Lamborghini Sián FKP 37, chassis #1 of 63, painted in Viola Mithras
• Porsche 918 Spyder painted in Fashion Grey
• McLaren Speedtail painted in Volcano Red and Nerello Red, purchased second-hand from a Swedish/British racing driver.
• Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4 painted in Impact White with 'KHK' embroidered on the interior

His brother Khalid bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani previously owned a Ferrari LaFerrari painted in yellow, infamously caught on video in 2015 street racing in Beverly Hills, California. The story was covered by local news.

Al Thani has also previously owned a Lamborghini Centenario, painted in Bianco Canopus (white) with an Italian Tricolore stripe, as well as a McLaren P1 painted in Volcano Yellow, but both of these vehicles were sold in 2018.

Career

Al Thani is an officer in the Qatari internal security service. He is also Commander of Security Operations for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Al-Duhail SC

In December 2019, Al Thani was elected as the new president of Al-Duhail SC.

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