Jassim Rashid Al Buenain

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Jassim Rashid Al Buenain
President of the Qatar Football Association
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2023
Preceded byHamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani
Personal details
EducationQatar University
Alma materQatar University (B)
Plymouth University (MBA)
OccupationFootball administrator

Jassim Rashid Al Buenain is a Qatari football administrator, secretary general of the Qatar Olympic Committee (QOC) and vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). Since June 2023, he has been the president of the Qatar Football Association (QFA).

Education and career

Al Buenain attended Ibn Taymiyyah high school where he graduated in 2000. In 2004, he earned a bachelor's degree in administrative science and economics from Qatar University. He also earned an Executive MBA from Plymouth University in 2016.[1]

Since October 2017, Al Buenain has been chairman of the Qatar Olympic Academy (QOA) and secretary general of the Qatar Olympic Committee.[2][3] He has been vice-president of the Olympic Council of Asia since January 2021.[4][5] In June 2023, he was elected as new president of the Qatar Football Association, succeeding Hamad Bin Khalifa Bin Ahmed Al-Thani who held the position since 2005.[6][7][8]

Career as player

Al Buenain was a member of Qatar SC from 2000 to 2012. From 2002 to 2005, he played for the Qatar national football team.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Jassim Rashid Al Buenain" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  2. ^ "Qatar Olympic Committee". Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  3. ^ "Qatar – Telecoms & IT". Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  4. ^ "OCA Executive Board Members – Current Members". Archived from the original on 2022-09-26. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  5. ^ "QOC secretary-general appointed OCA vice-president". 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  6. ^ "QFA's General Assembly to elect Board of Directors". 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  7. ^ "Al Buenain elected as President of QFA". 2023-06-02. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  8. ^ "Al-Buenain elected as Qatar Football Association president". 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-08-07.
  9. ^ "Jassim Rashid Al-Buainain". Retrieved 2023-08-07.