# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/haitham-bin-tariq
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:55:16.111Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/haitham-bin-tariq"
name: "Haitham bin Tariq"
slug: "haitham-bin-tariq"
description: "He inherited the sultanate of Oman in January 2020 after decades in the cabinet, stepping into a role his cousin held for half a century — and into the question of whether stability can outlast the man who built it."
tagline: "Sultan of Oman since 2020 (born 1955)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Haitham_bin_Tariq_Al_Said.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-10-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in October 1955, Haitham bin Tariq spent years as Minister of Heritage and Culture under Sultan Qaboos bin Said, his cousin, who ruled Oman from 1970 until his death. When Qaboos died in January 2020, Haitham acceded to the throne and became Prime Minister, taking charge of a country transformed from isolation into a stable, modern state under his predecessor's long hand. He has largely kept that course. In 2021, he revamped Oman's Basic Statute to reaffirm freedom of expression and opinion for citizens and residents. The continuity is deliberate — the test is whether the architecture holds without its architect.