Haitham bin Tariq

Names
	Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki bin Said Al Said

Haitham bin Tariq
هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق
Haitham bin Tariq هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق;
	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 Al Said; Shihab bin Tariq Al Said
Preceded by	Qaboos bin Said
Minister of Heritage and Culture
	In office; March 2002 – 1 March 2020
Prime Minister	Qaboos bin Said; Himself
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	Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood 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)
Issue	Sayyid Theyazin bin Haitham; Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham; Sayyida Thuraya bint Haitham; Sayyida Omaima bint Haitham;
Names
Names
	Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki bin Said Al Said
House	Al Said
Father	Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur
Mother	Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al-Busaidiyah
Religion	Ibadi Islam

Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق آل سَعِيد, romanized: Hayṯam 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.

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