The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all matters relating to the defence of the state.
The Minister of Defence is Sultan Haitham bin Tariq.
Defence Leadership
edit- Brigadier Pat Waterfield, 1958-1970, as Omani Military Secretary[1]
- Colonel Hugh Oldman, 1970-1973, as Secretary of Defence[1]
- Fahr bin Taimur al Said, 1973-1979, as Deputy Minister of Defence
- Qaboos bin Said, 1973[1]-2020, as Minister of Defence[2]
- Haitham bin Tariq, 2020-, as Minister of Defence[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Worrall, James (30 January 2018). "Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire". Bloomsbury Publishing.
- ^ "Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Defense". Ministry of Defence.
- ^ "His Majesty Sultan Haitham – Oman Pocket Guide".