Haitham bin Tariq

Sultan Haitham هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق
Haitham in 2023
Sultan of Oman
Reign	11 January 2020 – present
Predecessor	Qaboos bin Said
Heir apparent	Theyazin bin Haitham
Prime Minister and Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 January 2020
Deputy	Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said Asa'ad bin Tariq Shihab bin Tariq
Preceded by	Qaboos bin Said
Minister of Heritage and Culture
In office March 2002 – 1 March 2020
Prime Minister	Qaboos bin Said Himself
Succeeded by	Salem bin Mohammed Al Mahrouqi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 11 January 2020 – 18 August 2020
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Qaboos bin Said
Succeeded by	Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi
Minister of Finance
In office 11 January 2020 – 18 August 2020
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Qaboos bin Said
Succeeded by	Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi
Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office 1994–2002
Prime Minister	Qaboos bin Said
Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Political Affairs
In office 1986–1994
Prime Minister	Qaboos bin Said
Born	(1955-10-11) 11 October 1955 (age 68) Muscat, Muscat and Oman
Spouse	Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah ​ ​ (m. 1989)​
Issue	Theyazin bin Haitham Bilarab bin Haitham Thuraya bint Haitham Omaima bint Haitham
Names Haitham bin Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki bin Said Al Said
House	Al Said
Father	Tariq bin Taimur
Mother	Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al Busaidiyah
Religion	Ibadi Islam

Omani royal family
Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah Crown Prince Theyazin bin Haitham Sayyida Meyyan bint Shihab Sayyid Bilarab bin Haitham Sayyid Haitham bin Bilarab Sayyida Thuraya bint Haitham Sayyida Omaima bint Haitham Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Sayyida Na'emah bint Badr Sayyid Taimur bin Asa'ad Sayyida Hozam bint Asa'ad Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq Sayyida Rawdah bint Abdullah Sayyid Malik bin Shihab Sayyid Nader bin Shihab Sayyida Saraya bint Shihab Sayyida Buthaina bint Taimur
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Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: هَيْثَم بْن طَارِق آل سَعِيد, romanized: Hayṯam bin Ṭāriq ʾĀl Saʿīd; born 11 October 1955)^[1][2] is Sultan and Prime Minister of Oman.

Haitham was born in Muscat and is a grandson of Sultan Taimur bin Feisal. Sultan Qaboos bin Said was a cousin of Haitham, and Haitham served for multiple decades in Qaboos's cabinet. He was Minister of Heritage and Culture from 2002 to 2020.^[3][4] Sultan Qaboos named him as his successor in his will. Haitham was proclaimed sultan on 11 January 2020, hours after Qaboos's death.^[5]