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Oman Government Institutions
Government institutions on the national level include
the
Council of Ministers and two other bodies: the National
Defense
Council and the National Development Council. In 1992 the
Council
of Ministers had twenty-seven members, including the prime
minister and three deputy prime ministers--for security
and
defense, legal affairs, and financial and economic
affairs. The
sultan occupied the sensitive posts of prime minister,
minister
of defense, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of
finance.
Sultan Qabus ibn Said controls all ministerial
appointments and
cabinet reshuffles. Policy formulation remains largely the
product of person-to-person negotiations between the
sultan and
individual ministers.
The National Defense Council, working in conjunction
with the
Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Interior,
coordinates the
activities of the Royal Armed Forces (formerly called the
Sultan's Armed Forces) and the Royal Oman Police. The
National
Development Council manages national development planning,
and
all projects involving more than a certain minimum
expenditure
require its review.
Data as of January 1993
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