OMAN: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR

UNCLAS MUSCAT 002278 SIPDIS SENSITIVE DEPT FOR S/ES-O, NEA/ARPI E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PGOV PREL PINR MU SUBJECT: OMAN: NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL OFFICIALS REF: STATE 271552 Per reftel, Embassy Muscat submits the following information: COUNTRY: Sultanate of Oman DATE OF SUBMISSION: December 26, 2004 HEAD OF GOVERNMENT AND STATE Last Name: al-Said First/Middle Names: Qaboos bin Said Conventional Usage: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Formal Title: Sultan Office Phone Numbers: Not available After-Hours Telephone Numbers: Not available Residence Phone Numbers: Not available Cell Phone Numbers: Not available Comments: All contact with the Sultan is done via the Royal Diwan via the Chief of Protocol, His Excellency Juma'a bin Rashid bin Sa'id al-Balushi. However, the preferred manner of contacting Sultan Qaboos is for the Operations Center to contact Embassy Muscat's Executive Office. The Executive Office will contact the Diwan. The Diwan will then contact the Operations Center or the Sultan himself will telephone the Operations Center. Sultan Qaboos speaks excellent English; there is never a need for an interpreter. FOREIGN MINISTER Last Name: Abdullah First/Middle Names: Yusuf bin Alawi bin Conventional Usage: His Excellency Yusuf bin Alawi Formal Title: Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Office Telephone Numbers: (968) 699-532 After-Hours Telephone Numbers: Not available Residence Telephone Numbers: (968) 697-994 Cell Phone Numbers: (968) 933-3383 Comments: The Minister's First Assistant is Mr. Khalfan Habib, who can be reached after business hours on his cell phone: (968) 931-6677. The listed office number could also be answered by Mr. Mohammed Najeb or Mr. Khalifa al-Hassini, the Minister's second and third assistants. Yusuf bin Alawi speaks excellent English; there is never a need for an interpreter. BALTIMORE