Sheikh Hamoud bin Abdullah al-Harthi was a prominent politician from

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. Al-Harthi was born about 1940 in al-Mudayrib in the al-Sharqiyah region. He was from Hirth tribe. He attended school in

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and studied law in Cairo and

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. He later worked in Kuwait and then for the ministry of electricity and water in Abu Dhabi. Al-Harthi returned to Oman in 1971 for government employment. First, he worked as the director of legal affairs in ministries and held several ministerial positions. He was appointed the

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of the Consultative Assembly from 28 October 1983 to 1991. Al-Harthi was appointed the Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in February 1991. He was then appointed the

of the

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in December 1997. He served in that role until his death on 1 March 2004.

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