Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah ( ar, يوسف بن علوي بن عبد الله, born 1945) is an
Oman
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 ...
i politician. He was the
Sultanate of Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs. It is important to clarify that "Ministers in Responsibility" were previously appointed as the Sultan was intended to hold the official position of "Minister of Foreign Affairs" himself.
Early life
Yusuf bin Alawi studied and worked in
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...
. In 1970 he met
Sultan
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Qaboos bin Said al Said for the first time, shortly after his take-over. Alawi had been a dissident and associated with a
Dhofar secession movement against the current Sultan's father. However, once Sultan Qaboos acceded power, he encouraged Omani dissidents to come out of overseas exile and assist in the rebuilding of Oman. In the period between 1973 to 1974 Yusuf bin Alawi occupied an
ambassador
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role in
Beirut
Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...
.
Career
He was appointed as the Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs in 1997 by Royal Decree No. 85/97 and was replaced on 18 August 2020 with
Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Hamood Al Busaidi (actioned by Royal Decree No. 111/2020) as part of a significant government restructure.
Alawi has recently met with the US Secretary of State in Washington to discuss ways to better engage
Iran
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. Oman is unusual among
Arab states of the Persian Gulf
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf refers to a group of Arab states which border the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. ...
in that it has a long history of cordial relations with Tehran, something Washington is keen to make use of in resolving a number of regional security issues.
Hacking
In 2019, it was revealed that Yusuf bin Alawi had been targeted by
Project Raven; a
UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
clandestine surveillance and hacking operation targeting other governments, militants and human rights activists critical of the UAE monarchy. Using a "sophisticated spying tool called Karma", they managed to hack a device belonging to Yusuf bin Alawi.
Inside the UAE’s secret hacking team of American mercenaries
by Christopher Bing and Joel Schectman, January 30, 2019, Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
See also
* Foreign Ministry (Oman)
* List of foreign ministers in 2017
References
External links
OMAN - Yusef Bin Alawi Bin Abdullah.
AllBusiness.com, February 21, 2000
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Sultanate of Oman
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1945 births
Living people
Omani politicians
Ambassadors of Oman to Lebanon
Foreign ministers of Oman
Government ministers of Oman
People from Salalah
20th-century Omani people
21st-century Omani politicians