Qais bin ʿAbdul-Munʿim Az-Zawāwī ( ar, قَيْس بِن عَبْدُ ٱلْمُنْعِم ٱلزَّوَاوِي; 27 August 1935 – 11 September 1995) was the second foreign minister for the Sultanate of

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, and later from 1982 served as

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for Economic and Financial affairs until his tragic death on September 11, 1995, in the Salalah accident, whilst in the car with His Majesty Sultan

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, and his brother Dr Omar bin Abdul-Mun'im Al-Zawawi, the external liaison for the

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. Before returning to Oman, after the Sultan deposed his father in a bloodless coup, the deputy prime minister, Qais Al Zawawi studied in

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and then moved to

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, where he set up the

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-Cola Operations with

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Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum ( ar, ٱلـشَّـيْـخ رَاشِـد بِـن سَـعِـيْـد آل مَـكْـتُـوْم, Ash-Shaykh Rāshid bin Sa`īd Āl Maktūm; 11 June 1912 – 7 October 1990) was the vice president ...

, the then Ruler of

(1958–1990), and Sultan bin Ali Al Owais and

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, both prominent business men. Qais Al Zawawi is the founder of Alawi Enterprises.Alawi Enterprises
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