Haitham bin Tariq

Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هيثم بن طارق‎, transliteration: Haitham bin Ṭāriq; born 11 October 1955)[1] is the Sultan of Oman. He succeeded his cousin Qaboos bin Said on 11 January 2020.[2] He previously served as Minister of Heritage and Culture in the Sultanate of Oman.[3][4]

Haitham bin Tariq
Haitham bin Tariq in 2020
Sultan of Oman
Reign11 January 2020 – present
PredecessorQaboos bin Said
Born (1955-10-11) 11 October 1955
Muscat, Muscat and Oman
SpouseAhad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Busaidiyah
IssueTheyazin bin Haitham Al-Said
Bilarab bin Haitham Al-Said
Thuraya bint Haitham Al-Said
Omaima bint Haitham Al-Said
HouseAl Said
FatherTariq bin Taimur
MotherShawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Busaidiyah
ReligionIbadi Islam

Biography

Haitham bin Tariq attended Pembroke College, University of Oxford, graduating from the Foreign Service Programme (FSP) in 1979.[5] Haitham's father was Tariq bin Taimur, son of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. He has six brothers and two sisters. His half-brother Asa'ad bin Tariq is the Deputy Prime Minister, and his full brother Shihab is the Minister of Defense. His other brothers, Talal, Qais, Adham and Faris are businessmen and are not involved in politics.

He is described as "outward-looking and Western-oriented".[6]

Political career

A sports enthusiast, he served as the first head of the Oman Football Association in the early 1980s.[7] 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).[8][9] He was later appointed as the Minister of Heritage and Culture in March 2002 and later chaired the national census committee in 2003.[10] He usually represented Oman abroad in a diplomatic capacity;[11] in 2016, he personally welcomed Prince Charles and Camilla on a visit to the country.[12]

He 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.[13]

Sultan of Oman

After the death of his first cousin Sultan Qaboos on 10 January 2020, Haitham bin Tariq 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.[14] Oman state TV said the former sultan's letter was opened by the Defence Council and his identity was announced shortly thereafter.[15] As sultan, he also held the positions of prime minister, supreme commander of the armed forces, minister of defence, minister of finance, and minister of foreign affairs until 18 August 2020 when he appointed Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood AlBusaidi as minister of foreign affairs and Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi as minister of finance.[16][17] In his first public speech, he promised to uphold his predecessor's peace-making foreign policy and to further develop Oman's economy.[12][18] Haitham bin Tariq is married and, unlike his predecessor, also has children, two sons and two daughters.[19][20][21]

Honours
Styles of
The Sultan of Oman
Reference styleHis Majesty
Spoken styleYour Majesty
National honours
Foreign honours

Ancestry
Main article: List of rulers of Oman
16. Turki bin Said
8. Faisal bin Turki
17. an Ethiopian suri
4. Taimur bin Feisal
18. Thuwaini bin Said
9. Aliya bint Thuwaini Al Said
19. Ghaliya bint Salim Al-Busaidi
2. Tariq bin Taimur
5. Kamile İlgiray, a Circassian
1. Haitham bin Tariq
12. Ahmad Al-Busaidi
6. Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Busaidi
3. Shawana bint Hamud Al-Busaidiyah
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References
  1. "Index Ha". www.rulers.org.
  2. "Oman's new ruler Haitham bin Tariq takes oath: newspapers". Reuters. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. "Cabinet of Ministers". Oman News Agency. Archived from the original on 31 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. Appointing a Minister of Heritage and Culture, Royal Decree No11/2002, issued on 14 February 2002, published in issue 713 of the Official Gazette
  5. "Haitham bin Tariq appointed new ruler of Oman". Arab News. 11 January 2020.
  6. "Sultan Qaboos, ruler of Oman for almost 50 years, has died". The Economist. 11 January 2020.
  7. "New Oman ruler chosen by agreement, or secret letter". France 24. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. Oman, Ministry of Legal Affairs (1986). Royal Decree No. 2/86. Official Gazette.
  9. Oman, Ministry of Legal Affairs (1994). Royal Decree No. 110/94. Official Gazette.
  10. Valeri, Marc (2009). Oman: Politics and Society in the Qaboos State. C. Hurst. pp. 97, 124. ISBN 978-1-85065-933-4. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  11. "Haitham bin Tariq appointed new ruler of Oman". Arab News. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  12. "Oman's new ruler Haitham bin Tariq promises good ties with all nations". Arab News. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  13. "The New Sultan of Oman: Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  14. "Sultan Haitham Bin Tariq Al Said succeeds Sultan Qaboos of Oman". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  15. "Oman names culture minister as successor to Sultan Qaboos". AP NEWS. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  16. "Oman transfers powers from Sultan's remit in government revamp". 18 August 2020 – via uk.reuters.com.
  17. "Haitham bin Tariq sworn in as Oman's new sultan". www.aljazeera.com.
  18. Hubbard, Ben (11 January 2020). "Oman's New Sultan Vows to Continue Country's Peacemaking Path". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
  19. "Oman's new ruler chosen to provide continuity". 11 January 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
  20. "Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Sultan of Oman". 12 January 2020.
  21. "Who is the new Sultan of Oman?". Tehran Times. 13 January 2020.
Haitham bin Tariq
House of Al Said
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Qaboos bin Said		 Sultan of Oman
2020–present		 Incumbent
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