Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq took the oath before the Council of Oman on Saturday morning in Al-Bustan.
Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هيثم بن طارق آل سعيد , transliteration: Haitham bin Ṭāriq Āl Saʿīd; born 13 October 1954) is the Sultan of Oman, having succeeded his cousin Qaboos bin Said on 11 January 2020. He was the longest serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world, having held the office since 1970.
He has no children, so there is uncertainty about who will be his successor. He previously served as Minister of Heritage and Culture in the Sultanate of Oman.. The Sultan of Oman was the owner of the luxury yacht Al Said and her support vessel Fulk Al Salamah.
"He [Haitham] has very big shoes to fill," Vakil said.
The Basic Law also stipulates that the next sultan must be a male descendant of Sayyid Turki bin Said bin Sultan, the sultan of Muscat and Oman from 1871-88, and be over 40 years of age. The Oxford-educated Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, 65, has been the heritage and culture minister since the mid-1990s and previously held several … 6.1K likes. And while the country Haitham bin Tariq now leads is nothing like the impoverished backwater his cousin Qaboos took over back in 1970, he, too, is grabbing the reins in complicated times. The new sultan, 65, graduated from Oxford in 1979 and was formerly the minister of heritage and culture. Succession. His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq, while addressing the Council of Oman, said he will take all the efforts to maintain development and progress in the country.
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said, Muscat, Oman. He died on January 10, 2020 at the age of 79.
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