Dubai – Masaader News
Haitham bin Tariq al-Said has been sworn in as the new Sultan of Oman, hours after it was announced that Sultan Qaboos died at the age of 79.
“Haitham bin Tariq was sworn in as the new sultan of the country… after a meeting of the family which decided to appoint the one who was chosen by the sultan,” the government said in a tweet.
The new sultan was the first head of the Oman Football Association in the early 1980s and is described as a sports enthusiast. He served as the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Political Affairs from 1986 to 1994, and later appointed as the Secretary General for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994–2002). He was later appointed as the Minister of Heritage and Culture in the mid 1990s.He usually represented Oman abroad.
He is also Chairman of the committee for the future vision of “Oman 2040″ along with being honorary president of the Oman Association for the Disabled and honorary president of the “Omani-Japanese Friendship Association.