regarded as an example of an uncensored source of news in Arab countries. However, the network has been met with negative responses by the governments of many Arab states. However in May 2022, Al Jazeera network won the award for the best human rights journalism of the year in the eighth annual Amnesty Media Awards. The network was also claimed to be non-biased network by The Week (Washington DC media house) in November 2022. On 25 June 2013 Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani became the Emir of Qatar after his father Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani handed over power in a televised speech. |Emir |Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani | |25 June 2013 |- |Prime Minister |Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz Al Thani | |28 January 2020 |} Ministries Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Defense Ministry of the Interior Ministry of Public Health Ministry of Commerce and Industry Ministry of Municipality and Environment Ministry of Finance Ministry of Culture and Sports Ministry of Administrative Development, Labor & Social Affairs Ministry of Education and Higher Education Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Ministry of Transport and Communications Ministry of Justice Amiri Diwan – Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani Consultative Assembly The Consultative Assembly (Majlis ash-Shura) is a 45-member partially-elected legislature made up of 30 elected representatives and 15 appointed by the emir. Elections were repeatedly delayed after the 2003 constitutional referendum introduced this framework. In 2006, Deputy Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani announced that elections would be held in 2007. However, only municipal elections were held. Due to voting laws, those who did not have family in the country pre-1930 were not allowed to vote. This excluded 75% of the population. The first general election was eventually held in October 2021. Political parties and elections Qatar held a constitutional referendum in 2003, which was overwhelmingly supported. The first municipal elections with men and women voters and candidates were held in 1999 Central Municipal Council. The first legislative election, for two thirds of the legislative council's 45 seats, were planned for 2016 after previously being postponed in 2013. In June 2016 they were effectively postponed to at least 2019. The first general election of members of the Consultative Assembly was held in 2021. Suffrage is currently limited to municipal elections and two thirds of the seats in the legislative council, with the voting age set