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Oman

عُمان עומאן

0 parties on file

This country appears on the regional map; its parties are not part of the current dataset.

Capital
Muscat
Population
5.3M
Independence
1650
Government
Absolute monarchy
Head of state
Sultan
Head of government
Prime Minister (Sultan)
Electoral system
Absolute monarchy; partly-elected Consultative Council (no political parties)

Al Said dynasty since 1744. Sultan Qaboos 1970-2020 modernized the country. Sultan Haitham since 2020. Traditional regional mediator (Iran, Yemen).

Timeline · 2 events

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2021
  • Confirmed Other January 11, 2021

    Sultan Haitham reforms the Basic Law and creates a Crown Prince

    On 11 January 2021 Sultan Haitham issued a royal decree formalizing succession for the first time — making the sultan's eldest son crown prince (his son Theyazin becoming Oman's first) — and amended the Basic Statute to reaffirm freedom of expression, scrap a provision allowing surveillance of private communications, and protect freedom of religious practice. A cautious top-down liberalization of the succession and rights framework.

2020
  • Confirmed Leader changed January 11, 2020

    Haitham bin Tariq becomes Sultan of Oman

    After the death of the long-ruling Sultan Qaboos on 10 January 2020, Haitham bin Tariq — a cousin and veteran cabinet minister — was named sultan the next day in accordance with Qaboos's sealed will, sworn before the Council of Oman. He inherited an absolute monarchy facing fiscal strain and the challenge of succeeding a near-mythologized ruler.

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How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default 
Gara, T. (2026). Oman [Country profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/OM
Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals 
Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Oman." Country profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed August 6, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/OM.
BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers 
@misc{tayyar-country-om,
  title     = {{Oman}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Country profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/c/OM},
  urldate   = {2026-08-06},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint 
Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved August 6, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper
BibTeXPreprint 
@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-08-06},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.