Ministry of Finance (Oman)

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Sultanate of Oman
Ministry of Finance
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FormedJanuary 1941[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of Oman
HeadquartersMuscat Oman
Coordinates: 23°36′48″N 58°35′42″E / 23.61333°N 58.59500°E / 23.61333; 58.59500
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WebsiteOfficial website
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Arab League Member State of the Arab League

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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all government financial matters.

The current Finance Minister is Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi.[2]

History[]

The first financial agency was established in January 1941, and the financial affairs were managed by Sultan of Oman.[1] The name of the ministry of changed from the Ministry of Finance and Economy to the Ministry of Finance in the year 1995.[3]

Ministers[]

Secretaries of financial affairs

Sultan of Oman was nominally the Minister of Finance until August 2020. There was a minister responsible for financial affairs.

  • , ? - 1972 - 1973 - ?
  • Qais Al-Zawawi, 1982 - September 1995[5][6]
  • , 1995 - March 2011[7]
  • , March 2011 - August 2020[8]

Minister of Finance

  • , August 2020 -[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Our History". www.mof.gov.om.
  2. ^ "Restructuring the Council of Ministers", Royal Decree No 31/2011, issued on March 7, 2011.
  3. ^ "Amending the Ministerial Formation", Royal Decree No 69/95, issued on December 19, 1995, published in issue no 566 of the Official Gazette.
  4. ^ Rich, Paul John; Rich, Paul (August 23, 2009). Creating the Arabian Gulf: The British Raj and the Invasions of the Gulf. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780739127056 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "Current World Leaders". International Academy at Santa Barbara. August 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Jun 1985". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049234.
  7. ^ Allen, Calvin H.; II, W. Lynn Rigsbee (January 14, 2014). Oman Under Qaboos: From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996. Routledge. ISBN 9781135314309 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "New Faces at Oman's Central Bank, Ministries as Deficit Swells". BloombergQuint.
  9. ^ "Oman moves foreign, finance ministers from Sultan's remit in government revamp". Insider.

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