Ministry of Finance (Oman)

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Sultanate of Oman
Ministry of Finance
وزارة المالية
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Agency overview
FormedJanuary 1941 [1]
Jurisdiction Government of Oman
Headquarters Muscat Flag of Oman.svg
23°36′48″N58°35′42″E / 23.61333°N 58.59500°E / 23.61333; 58.59500
Agency executive
Website Official website

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

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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, appointed by Sultan

Sultan of Oman was nominally the Minister of Finance from January 1972 [9] until August 2020. There was a minister responsible for financial affairs.

Minister of Finance

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "FCO 8/574 Sultan of Muscat p.72". www.agda.ae.
  5. ↑ Thomas, Bertram (1938). "Arab rule under the Al Bu Sa'id dynasty of Oman, 1741-1937". H. Milford.
  6. 1 2 3 Owtram, Francis Carey. "Oman and the West: State Formation in Oman since 1920" (PDF).
  7. 1 2 "FCO 8/574 Sultan of Muscat p.73". www.agda.ae.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 3 Allen, Calvin H.; Rigsbee, W. Lynn (2000). Oman Under Qaboos. Routledge. ISBN   978-0-714-65001-2.
  10. ↑ Skeet, Ian (1992). Oman, politics and development. London: Macmillan. ISBN   0-333-56941-5.
  11. ↑ "Current World Leaders". International Academy at Santa Barbara. August 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
  12. ↑ Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Jun 1985. 2003. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049234 – via HathiTrust.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ "New Faces at Oman's Central Bank, Ministries as Deficit Swells". BloombergQuint. 18 August 2020.
  15. ↑ "Oman moves foreign, finance ministers from Sultan's remit in government revamp". Insider.


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