Ministry of Finance (Oman)
The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all government financial matters.
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| Formed | January 1941[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Oman |
| Headquarters | Muscat  |
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| Website | Official website |
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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
- Cornelius James Pelly, 1968 - 1970[4]
Sultan of Oman was nominally the Minister of Finance until August 2020. There was a minister responsible for financial affairs.
- Abd al Hafiz Salem Rajab, ? - 1972 - 1973 - ?
- Qais Al-Zawawi, 1982 - September 1995[5][6]
- Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi al Makki, 1995 - March 2011[7]
- Darwish bin Ismail al-Balushi, March 2011 - August 2020[8]
Minister of Finance
- Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi, August 2020 -[9]
References
- "Our History". www.mof.gov.om.
- "Restructuring the Council of Ministers", Royal Decree No 31/2011, issued on March 7, 2011.
- "Amending the Ministerial Formation", Royal Decree No 69/95, issued on December 19, 1995, published in issue no 566 of the Official Gazette.
- 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.
- "Current World Leaders". International Academy at Santa Barbara. August 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
- "Chiefs of State and Cabinet members of foreign governments / National Foreign Assessment Center. Jan-Jun 1985". HathiTrust. hdl:2027/mdp.39015073049234.
- 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.
- "New Faces at Oman's Central Bank, Ministries as Deficit Swells". BloombergQuint.
- "Oman moves foreign, finance ministers from Sultan's remit in government revamp". Insider.
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