Hamoud bin Abdullah al-Harthi
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Hamoud bin Abdullah al-Harthi was a prominent politician from Oman.
Al-Harthi was born about 1940 in al-Mudayrib in al-Sharqiyah region.[1] He was from Hirth tribe. He attended school in Zanzibar Sultanate, and studied la in Cairo[1] and Baghdad University.[2] He later worked in Kuwait and then for ministry of electricity and water in Abu Dhabi.[1]
Al-Harthi returned to Oman in 1971 for government employment.[1] First he worked as director of legal affairs in ministries.[1] He held several ministerial positions.[3] He was appointed chairman of Consultative Assembly from 28 October 1983[4] to 1991.
Al-Harthi was appointed the Minister of Justice, Awqaf and Islamic Affairs in February 1991.[1][5] He was then appointed as the chairman of the Council of State of Oman[6] in December 1997. He served in that role until he died on 1 March 2004. He died in early March 2004.[7][8]