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Qatar’s former finance minister, Ali Sherif al-Emadi will face a criminal trial, following his 2021 arrest over embezzlement allegations.

Former U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo launched the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, former Minister of Finance Al Emadi, former U.S. Secretary, Mike Pompeo, Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross in the US on September 14, 2020.Former U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo launched the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue with Deputy Prime Minister bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, former Minister of Finance Al Emadi, former U.S.

Qatar’s former finance minister, Ali Sherif al-Emadi will face a criminal trial, the state news agency said Sunday, following his 2021 arrest over embezzlement allegations. Al-Emadi will face trial, with an unspecified number of others, over charges of bribery, abuse of position and power, damage to public funds and money laundering, says Qatar News Agency.Al-Emadi was arrested in May 2021, stripped of his ministerial duties and soon after removed from the boards of the Qatar Investment Agency and Qatar National Bank. He had previously served as CEO at the bank.

Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani says the investigation of Al-Emadi was related to his capacity as finance minister, and not to his posts at the sovereign fund or the bank.

 

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