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.

Referenced entities

Politicians

Sultan Haitham bin Tariq head-of-state

Sources

en.wikipedia.org

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APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Sultan Haitham reforms the Basic Law and creates a Crown Prince [Event record]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/8b3df2bf-3b51-4726-b8d9-f54ccdbba8a8

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@misc{tayyar-event-8b3df2bf-3b51-4726-b8d9-f54ccdbba8a8,
  title     = {{Sultan Haitham reforms the Basic Law and creates a Crown Prince}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Event record},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pulse/8b3df2bf-3b51-4726-b8d9-f54ccdbba8a8},
  urldate   = {2026-07-27},
  note      = {Event date: 2021-01-11. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

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Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved July 27, 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@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,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 = {2026-07-27},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

Event date: 2021-01-11. First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.