Amir of Qatar attends graduation ceremony of Maritime Academy

Doha, The Gulf Observer: The Amir of Qatar HH Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani patronized the graduation ceremony of the first batch of cadets of Mohammed Bin Ghanem Al Ghanem Maritime Academy, at the Academy’s headquarters in Al-Shamal on Tuesday morning.

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister and Minister of Interior HE Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al-Thani, and a number of Their Excellencies Sheikhs, Minister, dignitaries, heads of diplomatic missions and military attaches accredited to the State, and senior security and military leaders in a number of brotherly and friendly countries.

The ceremony was also attended by a number of senior officers of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Interior, the Amiri Guard, the State Security, the Internal Security Force (Lekhwiya), guardians of graduates and guests.

The national anthem was played at the beginning of the ceremony. Then the commander of the graduates’ queue came forward requesting HH the Amir to inspect the queue of the 64 graduates from the State of Qatar.

After reciting verses from the Holy Quran and the march of the graduates’ queue and the military parade, HH the Amir honored the eight outstanding graduates. After that, the flag was handed over from the first batch to the second batch, and the appointment order was read out. At the end of the ceremony, officers of the first batch took the oath and recited the College anthem.