Government of Oman

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The Government of Oman is the sovereign authority of the Sultanate of Oman, overseeing national governance, economic policy, and state-owned enterprises.


Statements (50)
Predicate Object
instanceOf central government
executive authority
cabinetName Council of Ministers of Oman
capital Muscat
constitutionalDocument Basic Statute of the State
controls state-owned enterprises in Oman
country Oman
Sultanate of Oman
currentHeadOfGovernment Haitham bin Tariq
currentHeadOfState Haitham bin Tariq
executiveBranch Council of Ministers of Oman
governmentType absolute monarchy
unitary state
hasAgency Capital Market Authority (Oman)
Central Bank of Oman
Oman Investment Authority
Public Authority for Special Economic Zones and Free Zones
Royal Oman Police
hasMinistry Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources (Oman)
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion (Oman)
Ministry of Defence (Oman)
Ministry of Education (Oman)
Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (Oman)
Ministry of Energy and Minerals (Oman)
Ministry of Finance (Oman)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Oman)
Ministry of Health (Oman)
Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation (Oman)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning (Oman)
Ministry of Information (Oman)
Ministry of Labour (Oman)
Ministry of Transport, Communications and Information Technology (Oman)
headOfGovernment Sultan of Oman
headOfState Sultan of Oman
judicialBranch Supreme Court of Oman
legalSystem mixed legal system of civil law and Islamic law
legislativeBody Council of Oman
lowerHouse Consultative Assembly of Oman
officialLanguage Arabic
region Middle East
responsibleFor defence policy
economic policy
foreign policy
internal security
management of state-owned enterprises
national governance
seatOfGovernment Muscat
sovereignState Sultanate of Oman
subregion Arabian Peninsula
upperHouse Council of State of Oman


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