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| Qaboos bin Said | |||||
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.jpg) Sultan Qaboos in 2013 | |||||
| Sultan of Oman Minister of Finance, Defence and Foreign Affairs | |||||
| Reign | 23 July 1970 – 10 January 2020 | ||||
Prime Minister | Tariq bin Taimur (1970–1972) Himself (1972–2020) | ||||
| Predecessor | Said bin Taimur | ||||
| Successor | Haitham bin Tariq | ||||
| Prime Minister of Oman | |||||
In office | 2 January 1972 – 10 January 2020[1] | ||||
Deputy | Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said (1972–2020) Fahr bin Taimur al Said (1976–1996) Qais Bin Abdul Munim Al Zawawi (1982–1995) Thuwaini bin Shihab al Said (?–1984–2010) Asa'ad bin Tariq (2017–2020) | ||||
| Predecessor | Tariq bin Taimur | ||||
| Successor | Haitham bin Tariq | ||||
| Born | 18 November 1940 Salalah, Muscat and Oman (present day Dhofar Governorate, Oman) | ||||
| Died | 10 January 2020 (aged 79) Seeb, Muscat Governorate, Oman[2] | ||||
Buried | 11 January 2020[3]
Royal Cemetery, Muscat | ||||
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| House | Al Said | ||||
| Father | Said bin Taimur | ||||
| Mother | Mazoon bint Ahmad | ||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | ||||
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Qaboos bin Said Al Said (Arabic: قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, IPA: [qaː.buːs bin sa.ʕiːd ʔaːl sa.ʕiːd]; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said,[4] he was the longest-serving leader in the Middle East and Arab world at the time of his death,[5] having ruled for almost half a century.
The only son of Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Qaboos was educated in Suffolk, England. After graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he served briefly in the British Army. He returned to Oman in 1966 and was the subject of considerable restrictions from his father. In 1970, Qaboos ascended to the Omani throne after overthrowing his father in a coup d'état, with British support. The country was subsequently renamed the Sultanate of Oman.
As sultan, Qaboos implemented a policy of modernization and ended Oman's international isolation. His reign saw a rise in the country's living standards, the abolition of slavery, the end of the Dhofar Rebellion, and the promulgation of Oman's constitution. Suffering from poor health in later life, Qaboos died in 2020. He had no children, so he entailed the royal court to reach consensus on a successor upon his death. As a precaution, he hid a letter which named his successor in case an agreement was not achieved. After his death, the royal court named his intended successor, his cousin Haitham bin Tariq, as sultan.
- ^ Allen, Calvin H.; Rigsbee, W. Lynn (2000). Oman under Qaboos: from coup to constitution, 1970-1996. London; Portland, OR: Frank Cass. ISBN 978-0-7146-5001-2.
- ^ Zacharias, Anna (11 January 2020). "Oman's long night: from rumour to reality as a nation learns of Sultan Qaboos' death". The National. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ Liz, Sly (11 January 2020). "Oman's Sultan Qaboos is buried as his successor is named". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "Qaboos bin Said". Webster's New World Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Inc. 1994. p. 694. ISBN 0-671-85017-2.
- ^ "Can Oman's Stability Outlive Sultan Qaboos?". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 1 March 2017.