Sultan bin Salem bin Said al-Habsi | |
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سلطان بن سالم الحبسي | |
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Minister of Finance | |
Assumed office 18 August 2020 | |
Monarch | Haitham bin Tariq |
Prime Minister | Haitham bin Tariq |
Preceded by | Darwish bin Ismail al-Balushi |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Ain Shams University (Dip) |
Sultan bin Salim bin Said al-Habsi is the current Minister of Finance of Oman [1] since 18 August 2020. [2] He is also the chairman of Oman Investment Authority. [3]
He has an accounting degree from Ain Shams University,Cairo. [4]
Before 2017 he was undersecretary of the ministry of finance and director general of tax survey and administration in the ministry of finance. [4] In September 2017 he was appointed as the deputy chairman of the board of governors of Central Bank of Oman. [3]
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