Haitham bin Tariq
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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.
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Haitham bin Tariq Al Said
His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and Arfah bin Frijoon
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a bilateral meeting with the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said at Al Baraka Palace in Muscat, Oman on December 18, 2025_by_the_Sultan_of_Oman%2C_Haitham_Bin_Tarik_Al_Said.jpg?width=1200)
Prime Minister of Bharat, Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi being conferred with the Order of Oman (First class) by the Sultan of Oman, Haitham Bin Tarik Al Said.jpg?width=1200)
Signing of India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA)
Sultan Qaboos's Last Will
The Pride of the Nation Portrait by Omani artist Sanaa Al-Haib
Theyazin and HaithamAwards 21
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Borut PahorAlso won Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of AustriaAbout this person
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.
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