Theyazin bin Haitham Al Said ( ar, ذي يزن بن هيثم آل سعيد; born 21 August 1990) is the

Crown Prince of Oman The Crown Prince of Oman is the second most important position in Oman, second to the Sultan, and is his designated successor. Currently, the Crown Prince assumes power by taking an oath before the Sultan. This system is enforced by the Article ...

as the son of Sultan

Haitham bin Tariq Haitham bin Tariq Al Said ( ar, هيثم بن طارق آل سعيد, Heysem bin Târık Âl Saîd; born 13 October 1954) is the current Sultan of Oman, reigning since January 2020 following the death of his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said. Pr ...

. He is also the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. He was officially appointed as Crown Prince after the Omani government decreed a constitutional adjustment which allows the Sultan to select an heir.

Biography

Sayyid Theyazin (''pronounced Dhi-Yazan'') bin Haitham bin Tariq attended the

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, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Political Science. His father is Sayyid

, the current Sultan of Oman. His mother is Sayyida Ahad bint Abdullah bin Hamad Al Busaidiyah, the Honorable Lady. He has one brother and two sisters. His paternal uncle Sayyid Asad bin Tariq is the Deputy Prime Minister for relations and international cooperation affairs, and his other paternal uncle Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq is the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs. The former 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 ...

, is his father's cousin. Theyazin has been Minister of Culture, Sports and Youth since 18 August 2020. He previously worked at the Omani Embassy in

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for five years from 2014. He has also worked at the foreign ministry from 2013, according to Omani media. In July 2022 he graduated from the

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{{Authority control Al Said dynasty 1990 births 20th-century Omani people Alumni of Oxford Brookes University Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Culture ministers of Oman Sports ministers of Oman Heirs apparent Living people Omani Ibadi Muslims People from Muscat, Oman Sons of Omani sultans

Biography

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