His Majesty the Sultan Issues Three Royal Decrees

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has issues three Royal Decrees reading as follows: 

Royal Decree No. (26/2022) conducts military promotions and placements at the Royal Office.

Article (1) appoints Maj.Gen Nasser Saleh Saud Al Ma’awali as Secretary-General of Liaison and Coordination.

Article (2) promotes Brigadier Idris Abdulrahman Hamoud Al Kindi to the rank of Major General and appoints him as Secretary-General of the National Security Council 

Article (2) says that his decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from its data of issue.

Royal Decree No. (27/2022) on the establishment of an Academy for Strategic and Defense Studies and promulgating its system of functioning. 

Article (1) stipulates that an academy to be named “Academy for Strategic and Defense Studies” shall be established and that it shall have a legal identity and enjoy financial and administrative autonomy. The Academy shall report to the Ministry of Defense and apply the system attached to this decree.

Article (2) states that the Academy for Strategic and Defense Studies shall have its headquarters in the Governorate of Muscat and that, with a decision from the Academy’s Board of Trustees, It may have branches in other grovernorates.

Article (3) states that all allocations, assets, rights and obligations of the National Defense College, the Joint command and staff college and the centre for strategic and defense studies shall be transferred to the academy for strategic and defense studies.

Article (4) states that employees of the National Defense College, the Joint Command and Staff College and the Centre for Strategic and Defense Studies shall be moved to the Academy for Strategic and Defense Studies, along with their existing job status and financial allocations.

Article (5) states that the Chairman of the Academy’s Board of Trustee shall issue the Academy’s internal bylaws and decision necessary for the implementation of provision of the system attached to this decree. Till such time, the existing bylaws and decision shall continue to be applied without prejudice to the provisions of this decree or the system attached.

Article (6) cancels Royal Decree No (2/2013), as well as all that contradicts this decree and the system attached or contravenes their provisions.

Article (7) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforced from its date of issues.

Royal Decree No (28/2022) conducts military promotions and placements at the Ministry of Defense.

Article (1) appoints Air Vice Marshal (Eng.) Saleh Yahya Mas’oud Al Maskari as Head of the Academy for Strategic and Defense Studies.

Article (2) promotes Brig. Hamid Ahmed Said Sakroon to the rank of Major General and appoints him as Commandant of the National Defense College. 

Article (3) says that this decree shall be published in the Official Gazette and enforce from its date of issue.