Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: أسعد بن طارق آل سعيد; born 20 June 1954) is a member of the Omani royal family and the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs.
Asa'ad bin Tariq
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Oman | |||||
| Assumed office 3 March 2017 | |||||
| Monarchs | Qaboos bin Said Haitham bin Tariq | ||||
| Prime Minister | Qaboos bin Said Haitham bin Tariq | ||||
| Born | 20 June 1954 Muscat, Muscat and Oman | ||||
| Spouse |
Na'emah bint Badr (m. 1978) | ||||
| Issue | Taimur bin Asa'ad | ||||
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| House | Al Said | ||||
| Father | Tariq bin Taimur | ||||
| Mother | Shawana bint Nasir | ||||
| Religion | Ibadi Islam | ||||
Early life edit
Asa'ad is the son of Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal Al Said and his second wife, Sayyida Shawana bint Nasir Al Busaidiyah [1] His brothers include Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs.
He was educated at Al-Saidia School in Muscat and Millfield School in Somerset. He earned a bachelor's degree from the military school at King's College, London in 1986[citation needed] and then graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[2]
Marriage and children edit
In 1978, he married Sayyida Na'emah bint Badr Al Busaidiyah, the daughter of Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi.[1]
- Sayyid Taimur bin Asa'ad (born 1981)
Career edit
Asa'ad has commanded several divisions of the armed forces including being the Brigadier General of the country's Armored Corps in the 1990s.[2][3]
He owns the Asad Investment Company which controls all of his investments and is said to control more than 1 billion USD in worldwide assets.[2]
In 2002, Asa'ad was appointed a special representative of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. As such, he headed governmental delegations to foreign countries, received foreign officials, and made public appearances on behalf of the Sultan.[4]
In 2017, he was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs.[5][6] This was widely seen as making him the frontrunner to succeed his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, but the Sultan chose Asa'ad's brother, Haitham, as his successor.[7][8]
Titles, styles, and honors edit
Title and style edit
- His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said
National honors edit
Oman:
Member 2nd Class of the Military Order of Oman
Member 1st Class of the Order of Al-Russoukh[9]
10th Anniversary Medal
15th Anniversary Medal- 25th Anniversary Medal
- 35th Anniversary Medal
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Foreign honors edit
Saudi Arabia:
Member 1st Class of the Order of King Abdulaziz (24 December 2006)
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Ancestry edit
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References edit
- ^ a b Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1980). Burke's Royal Families of the World Volume II Africa & the Middle East. p. 107. ISBN 0850110297.
- ^ a b c Valeri, Marc (3 December 2014). "Oman and the Succession of Sultan Qaboos". Hurst Publishers. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ Farhadi, Farzad (13 January 2020). "Who is the new Sultan of Oman?". Tehran Times. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Who could succeed Oman's Sultan Qaboos?". Al Jazeera. 11 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "HM Royal Decree names Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations". Times of Oman. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "Oman's Sultan Qaboos chooses a successor". The Arab Weekly. Archived from the original on 3 September 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Prince's appointment signals Sultan Haitham's intent to inject new blood in power structure". The Arab Weekly. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Succession in Oman: Clues But No Clarity". Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "His Majesty the Sultan confers orders". Times of Oman. 24 November 2010. Archived from the original on 24 November 2010.