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.
FormedJanuary 1941[1]
JurisdictionGovernment of Oman
Headquarters
Agency executive
- Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi, Minister
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| Formed | January 1941[1] |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Oman |
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Agency executive |
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| Website | Official website |
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]
- Stuart Edwin 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 (minister of economy)
- John Townsend (born 1928), 1972 - 1975 (secretary of economic affairs)[10]
- Qais Al-Zawawi, 1982[9] - September 1995[11][12]
- Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi al Makki, 1995 - March 2011[13]
- Darwish bin Ismail al-Balushi, March 2011 - August 2020[14]
Minister of Finance
- Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi, August 2020 -[15]