Born in 1957 in the State of Qatar, H.E. Sheikh Thaqeel Sayer Al-Shammari attended Umm Salal Muhammad Primary School, graduated from the Doha Secondary Religious Institute, and earned a bachelor’s and master’s from Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in Saudi Arabia. His Eminence also earned a doctorate at Cairo University’s Dar Al Uloom College. His Eminence has held importnant positions, including legal researcher, deputy judge, senior judge, then president of the Islamic Court of First Instance, president of the Court of Appeal, judge at the Court of Cassation, member of the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, vice-president of the Court of Cassation and the Supreme Council of the Judiciary, chairman of the Shari’ah Committee at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs. Furthermore, His Eminence chaired the Sharia Committee for the Revision of the Qatari Civil Law, as a member of the Committee to Draft the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Judicial Authority Law of Qatar, and also chaired the Committee to draft the Family Law (Personal Status). As a member of the Council of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy, H.E. Dr. Thaqeel Al-Shammari has represented the State of Qatar since November 14, 1988.