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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

• Brigadier Pat Waterfield, 1958-1970, as Omani Military Secretary
• Colonel Hugh Oldman, 1970-1973, as Secretary of Defence
• Fahr bin Taimur al Said, 1973-1979, as Deputy Minister of Defence

• Qaboos bin Said, 1973-2020, as Minister of Defence
• Haitham bin Tariq, 2020-, as Minister of Defence

References

1. ^ Worrall, James (30 January 2018). "Statebuilding and Counterinsurgency in Oman: Political, Military and Diplomatic Relations at the End of Empire". Bloomsbury Publishing.
2. "Sultanate of Oman Ministry of Defense". Ministry of Defence.
3. "His Majesty Sultan Haitham – Oman Pocket Guide".

External links

• "National Security" page on the website of the Ministry of Information

• Government of Oman
• Defence ministries