Azza bint Sulaiman bin Saeed Al Ismaili is an

Omani Oman ( ; ar, عُمَان ' ), officially the Sultanate of Oman ( ar, سلْطنةُ عُمان ), is an Arabian country located in southwestern Asia. It is situated on the southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and spans the mouth of t ...

politician and entrepreneur who was appointed the position of Minister of Technology and Communications in the Government of the Sultanate of Oman, from October 2019 to August 2020.

Education

Al Ismaili attended

Sultan Qaboos University Sultan Qaboos University, located in Al Seeb in the Muscat Governorate, is one of the two public universities in the Sultanate of Oman. Most students entering the university are selected based on their performance in high school final examina ...

in the Sultanate of Oman where she received her bachelor's degree and then her master's degree in Computer Engineering. She then pursued to obtain her master's degree in Executive Business Administration from

Grand Canyon University Grand Canyon University (GCU) is a private for-profit Christian university in Phoenix, Arizona. Based on student enrollment, Grand Canyon University was the largest Christian university in the world in 2018, with 20,000 attending students on ...

Career

In 1994, Al Ismaili joined

Petroleum Development Oman Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) is the leading exploration and production company in the Sultanate of Oman. The Company delivers the majority of the country's crude oil production and natural gas supply. The company is owned by the Government of ...

, where she spent ten years, and held several positions, including the business development engineer and project manager. She has served as an official for the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, and as a member of the Advisory Council of the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University, and participated in the General Education Development Committee in the Sultanate of Oman since 2015. In 2017, Al Ismaili was selected and invited by the government of Oman to join the Oman 2040 Vision Development Group, in the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning. In 2019, She was appointed by Sultan

Qaboos bin Said Qaboos bin Said Al Said ( ar, قابوس بن سعيد آل سعيد, ; 18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the House of Al Said ...

pursuant to Royal Decree No. 68/2019 as the first minister of the Ministry of Technology and Communications, which was established in the same year by Royal Decree No. 63/2019, and remained in the position until August 18, 2020.

References

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