Oman Basic Statute of the State (2021 revision)
النظام الأساسي للدولة
Summary
Sultan Haitham's revised Basic Statute — the closest thing Oman has to a constitution — for the first time codified a clear line of succession through the male descendants of Sultan Qaboos's father, and established the role of Crown Prince. Previously, succession had passed through closed family council deliberation. The revision also created a five-year cap on minister tenures and renamed several state institutions.
Impact
Closed a long-standing question about Omani succession that had been a recurring concern of regional analysts during Qaboos's final illness. Made the state's personnel more rotation-bound than under Qaboos's decades-long appointments.
Sources
https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/om-basic-statute-2021 How to cite
This is a citation for the legislation itself — credited to Council of Oman and dated to its 2021 introduction. Tayyar is the retrieval surface, not the author. A separate "Retrieved via" line records that you accessed it through this dataset.
In-text: (Council of Oman, 2021) (Council of Oman, 2021)
APA 7Institutional author
Council of Oman. (2021). Basic Statute of the State (2021 revision) [Legislation]. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/om-basic-statute-2021. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/om-basic-statute-2021.
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals
Council of Oman. 2021. “Basic Statute of the State (2021 revision).” Legislation. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/om-basic-statute-2021. Accessed June 21, 2026.
BibTeXLaTeX / Zotero / reference managers
@misc{tayyar-bill-om-basic-statute-2021,
title = {{Basic Statute of the State (2021 revision)}},
author = {{Council of Oman}},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-11},
type = {Legislation},
url = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/bills/om-basic-statute-2021},
urldate = {2026-06-21},
note = {Retrieved via Tayyar on June 21, 2026}
}