Sultan Haitham
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 Haitham in 2023 | |||||
| Sultan of Oman | |||||
| Reign | 11 January 2020 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Heir apparent | Theyazin bin Haitham | ||||
| Prime Minister and Minister of Defence | |||||
Incumbent | |||||
| Assumed office 11 January 2020 | |||||
| Deputy | Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said Asa'ad bin Tariq Shihab bin Tariq | ||||
| Preceded by | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Minister of Heritage and Culture | |||||
| In office March 2002 – 1 March 2020 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Preceded by | Faisal bin Ali Al Said | ||||
| Succeeded by | Salem bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi | ||||
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |||||
| In office 11 January 2020 – 18 August 2020 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Himself | ||||
| Preceded by | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Succeeded by | Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi | ||||
| Minister of Finance | |||||
| In office 11 January 2020 – 18 August 2020 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Himself | ||||
| Preceded by | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Succeeded by | Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi | ||||
| Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |||||
| In office 1994–2002 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs | |||||
| In office 1986–1994 | |||||
| Prime Minister | Qaboos bin Said | ||||
| Born | 11 October 1955 Muscat, Muscat and Oman | ||||
| Spouse | Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah (m. 1989) | ||||
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| House | Al Said | ||||
| Father | Tariq bin Taimur | ||||
| Mother | Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al Busaidiyah | ||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | ||||
| Omani royal family |
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Haitham bin Tariq
In this Arabic name, the surname is Al Said.Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق آل سَعِيد, romanized: Haytham bin Ṭāriq ʾĀl Saʿīd; born 11 October 1955) is Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman.
Haitham was born in Muscat and is a grandson of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was a cousin of Haitham, and Haitham served for multiple decades in Qaboos's cabinet. He was Minister of Heritage and Culture from 2002 to 2020. Sultan Qaboos named him as his successor in his will. Haitham was proclaimed sultan on 11 January 2020, hours after Qaboos's death.
Early life
Haitham is a son of Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur, son of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal, and Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al Busaidiyah. He has six brothers and two sisters: Talal, Qais, Asa'ad, Shihab, Adham, Faris, Amal, and Nawwal. Sayyida Nawwal (also called Kamila) was married to Sultan Qaboos bin Said from 1976 to 1979. His brother Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq is the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs and his brother Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq is the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs (and the father of his daughter-in-law, Meyyan). His other four brothers are all businessmen and are not involved in politics.[citation needed]
He completed his primary education at Saidiya School in Muscat and attended Brummana High School in Lebanon. He graduated from the Foreign Service Programme (FSP) at Pembroke College, University of Oxford, in 1979.
Marriage and children
Haitham is married to Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah and together they have four children.
Crown Prince Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham (born 21 August 1990), married Sayyida Meyyan bint Shihab bin Tariq Al Said on 11 November 2021 in the Mazay Hall of Al Alam Palace.
Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham (born 10 January 1995) married 15 June 2021 at Al Alam Palace and has issue
Sayyida Thuraya bint Haitham
Sayyida Omaima bint Haitham
Political career
A sports enthusiast, Haitham served as the first head of the Oman Football Association in the early 1980s. He served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs from 1986 to 1994, and was later appointed as the Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994–2002). He was later appointed as Minister of Heritage and Culture in March 2002 and later chaired the national census committee in 2003. He usually represented Oman abroad in a diplomatic capacity; in 2016, he personally welcomed the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall (later King Charles III and Queen Camilla) on a visit to Oman.
Haitham is also chairman of the committee for the future vision of "Oman 2040" along with being honorary president of the Oman Association for
the Disabled.
Sultan of Oman
After the death of Sultan Qaboos, Haitham's first cousin, on 10 January 2020, Haitham was named by the royal family and Qaboos's will as Sultan of Oman the next day and took an oath before an emergency session of the Council of Oman in Al-Bustan. Oman state TV said the former sultan's letter was opened by the Defence Council and his identity was announced shortly thereafter. As sultan, he also held the positions of prime minister, supreme commander of the armed forces, minister of defence, minister of finance, minister of foreign affairs and chairman of the Central Bank of Oman until 18 August 2020 when he appointed Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi as foreign minister, Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi as minister of finance, and Taimur bin Asa'ad al Said as chairman of the Central Bank of Oman.
Titles, styles, and honors
| Styles of Sultan Haitham bin Tariq | |
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| Reference style | His Majesty |
| Spoken style | Your Majesty |
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Titles and styles
11 October 1955 - 10 January 2020: His Highness Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said
11 January 2020 - present: His Majesty The Sultan of Oman
National honors
Oman
Member 1st Class of the Order of Al Russoukh (or The Firmness)
Member 1st Class of the Order of Al-Said
Member 1st Class of the Order of Oman
Member 1st Class of the Order of the Renaissance of Oman
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Foreign honors
Austria: Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (31 March 2001).
Bahrain: Member Exceptional Class of the Order of Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (24 October 2022).
Jordan:- Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Renaissance (4 October 2022).
- Collar of the Order of Al-Hussein bin Ali (22 May 2024).
Qatar: Sword of the Founder Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed bin Thani (22 November 2021).
Saudi Arabia: Collar of the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud (11 July 2021 – I Class, 24 December 2006).
United Arab Emirates: Collar of the Order of Zayed (27 September 2022).
United Kingdom:- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (GCVO) (26 November 2010).
- Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG) (15 December 2021).
Egypt: Collar of the Order of the Nile (21 May 2023).
Kuwait: Collar of the Order of Mubarak the Great (6 February 2024).
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