The Ministry of Finance (MOF) is the governmental body in the Sultanate of Oman responsible for all government financial matters.
The current Finance Minister is Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi."Restructuring the Council of Ministers", Royal Decree No 31/2011, issued on March 7, 2011.
History The first financial agency was established in January 1941, and the financial affairs were managed by Sultan of Oman. The name of the ministry of changed from the Ministry of Finance and Economy to the Ministry of Finance in the year 1995."Amending the Ministerial Formation", Royal Decree No 69/95, issued on December 19, 1995, published in issue no 566 of the Official Gazette.
Ministers Secretaries of financial affairs, appointed by Sultan D. V. McCullum, 1920 Mohammed bim Ahmed Al Ghashan, 1920-1925 Bertram Thomas 1925-1930 Stuart Edwin Hedgecock, 1930-1931 Reginald George Evelyn William Alban, 1931-1932 Cornelius James Pelly, 1968 - 1970 Philip Aldous, 1970 - 1972
Sultan of Oman was nominally the Minister of Finance from January 1972 until August 2020. There was a minister responsible for financial affairs. Abd al Hafiz Salem Rajab, January 1972 - 1973 (minister of economy) John Townsend (born 1928), 1972 - 1975 (secretary of economic affairs) Qais Al-Zawawi, 1982 - September 1995 Ahmed bin Abdul Nabi al Makki, 1995 - March 2011 Darwish bin Ismail al-Balushi, March 2011 - August 2020
Minister of Finance Sultan bin Salem bin Saeed al-Habsi, August 2020 -
References
External links Ministry of Finance