Qatar Coup
While Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani was staying in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1995 his son Hamad bin Khalifa deposed him in a bloodless coup d'état. He lived in exile in France from the day he was deposed and he returned to Qatar in 2004.
He was more conservative than his son, but in general he is thought to be the one who began the country's process of modernization.
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