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Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said (; born 20 June 1954) is a member of the

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royal family and the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs.

Early life

Asa'ad is the son of Sayyid Tariq bin Taimur bin Faisal Al Said and his second wife, Sayyida Shawana bint Hamud bin Ahmad Al Busaidiyah. His half brothers include Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs. He was educated at Al Saidiya School in Muscat and

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in Somerset. He earned a bachelor's degree from the military school at

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in 1986 and then graduated from the

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Marriage and children

In 1978, he married Sayyida Na'emah bint Badr Al Busaidiyah, the daughter of Sayyid Badr bin Saud Al Busaidi. * Sayyid Taimur bin Asa'ad (born 1980)

Career

Asa'ad has commanded several divisions of the armed forces including being the Brigadier General of the country's Armored Corps in the 1990s. He owns the Asad Investment Company which controls all of his investments and is said to control more than 1 billion

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in worldwide assets. In 2002, Asa'ad was appointed a special representative of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. As such, he headed governmental delegations to foreign countries, received foreign officials, and made public appearances on behalf of the Sultan. In 2017, he was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs. This was widely seen as making him the frontrunner to succeed his cousin, Sultan Qaboos bin Said, but the Sultan chose Asa'ad's brother, Haitham, as his successor.

Titles, styles, and honors

Title and style

* His Highness Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq bin Taimur Al Said

National honors

* : **

Member 2nd Class of the

Military Order of Oman The Military Order of Oman () is the highest military Orders, decorations, and medals of Oman, order awarded by Oman. History The order was established in 1970 by Qaboos bin Said, Sultan Qaboos bin Said as a counterpart to the Order of Oman, Civi ...

Member 1st Class of the Order of Establishment ** 10th Anniversary Medal ** 15th Anniversary Medal ** 20th Anniversary Medal ** 25th Anniversary Medal ** 30th Anniversary Medal ** 35th Anniversary Medal ** 40th Anniversary Medal ** 45th Anniversary Medal ** 50th Glorious National Day Medal

50th Anniversary Medal

Foreign honors

* : ** Member 1st Class of the

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(24 December 2006)

Ancestry

References

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Asaad As'ad ( / , ), informally transcribed as Asaad or Assaad, is an Arabic male given name derived from the Elative (gradation), elative degree of the adjective , thus meaning "more/most fortunate, happier/happiest, luckier/luckiest".Wehr, Hans (197 ...

1954 births Living people Omani Ibadi Muslims Omani military personnel People from Muscat, Oman Graduates of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Alumni of King's College London Deputy prime ministers of Oman People educated at Millfield 20th-century Omani politicians 21st-century Omani politicians Children of prime ministers

Recipients of the Order of Abdulaziz al Saud Recipients of the Military Order of Oman Omani people of Circassian descent