Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies

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Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies

Oman’s official television announces the inauguration of Haitham bin Tariq Al-Said, Sultan of the country on Saturday.

Al-Watan and Al-Roya newspapers had reported earlier on their Twitter accounts that Tariq Al-Said took the oath of allegiance as sultan to succeed his cousin Qaboos bin Said who died on Friday.

(File/AFP)

Earlier reports said that the Council of Oman held an emergency session on Saturday morning at its headquarters in Al-Bustan.

Qaboos had no children and had not publicly appointed a successor. 

Tariq Al-Said was serving as the Minister of National Heritage and Culture. He graduated from Oxford University in 1979 after studying the Foreign Service Programme.

Tariq Al-Said, often played an important diplomatic role, representing Oman abroad and welcoming Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, for example, upon their arrival to the country for a visit in 2016.