His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik issued 12 Royal decrees on Thursday, reconstructing the Council of Ministers and appointing some new positions.
The newly-appointed positions include:
- Engineer Salim al Awfi as Minister of Energy and Minerals
- Dr. Mohammed al Maamari as Minister of Endowments and Religious Affairs
- Dr. Hilal bin Ali al Sabti as Minister of Health
Other decrees include:
- Appointing Sheikh Ghosn bin Hilal bin Khalifa al Alawi as Head of the State’s Financial and Administrative Control Authority at the rank of Minister
- Appointing Sayyid Mohammed bin Sultan al Busaidi as Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Council, with the same rank and financial allocations
- Transferring Talal bin Suleiman bin Habib al Rahbi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the same grade and financial allocations
- Regulating the administration of judicial affairs
- Appointing Issa bin Hamad bin Mohammed al Azri as Secretary-General of the Supreme Judicial Court
- Appointing Sayyid Muhammad bin Sultan bin Hamoud al Busaidi as Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Council, with the same rank and financial allocations
- Defining the functions of the Ministry of Interior and approving its organizational structure
- Amending some provisions of the Municipal Councils Law
- Transferring the jurisdiction of inventory and valuation of property from the Ministry of Interior to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Planning
- Issuing the provincial system
- Appointing governors
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