Ministry of Finance (Oman)
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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all government financial matters.
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, appointed by Sultan
- D. V. McCullum, 1920[4]
- Mohammed bim Ahmed Al Ghashan, 1920-1925[4]
- Bertram Thomas 1925-1930[5][6]
- S. E. Hedgecock, 1930-1931[6][7]
- Reginald George Evelyn William Alban, 1931-1932[6][7]
- Cornelius James Pelly, 1968 - 1970[8]
- Philip Aldous, 1970 - 1972[9]
Sultan of Oman was nominally the Minister of Finance from January 1972[9]
until August 2020. There was a minister responsible for financial affairs.
- Abd al Hafiz Salem Rajab, January 1972 - 1973 - ?
- Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi al Makki, 1995 - March 2011[12]
- Darwish bin Ismail al-Balushi, March 2011 - August 2020[13]
Minister of Finance
- Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi, August 2020 -[14]
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "FCO 8/574 Sultan of Muscat p.72". www.agda.ae.
- ^ Thomas, Bertram (1938). "Arab rule under the Al Bu Sa'id dynasty of Oman, 1741-1937". H. Milford.
- ^ a b c Owtram, Francis Carey. "Oman and the West: State Formation in Oman since 1920" (PDF).
- ^ a b "FCO 8/574 Sultan of Muscat p.73". www.agda.ae.
- ISBN 9780739127056– via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-714-65001-2.
- ^ "Current World Leaders". International Academy at Santa Barbara. August 23, 1982 – via Google Books.
- – via HathiTrust.
- ISBN 9781135314309– via Google Books.
- ^ "New Faces at Oman's Central Bank, Ministries as Deficit Swells". BloombergQuint. 18 August 2020.
- ^ "Oman moves foreign, finance ministers from Sultan's remit in government revamp". Insider.
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