Oman Government - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Offu tai name: Sultanate of Oman

Type: absolute monarchy; independent, with strong residual UK influence

Capital: Muscat

Political subdivisions. 1 province (Dhofar), 2 governorates(Musandam and Muscat), and numerous districts (w ilayats)

Legal system based on English common law and Islamic law; no constitution; ultimate appeal to the Sultan; has not accepted compulsory 1CJ jurisdiction

Branches: executive—Sultan, who appoints 45-member State Consultative Assembly to advise him; legislative—none; judicial— traditional Islamic judges and a nascent civil court system

National holiday: National Day, 18-19 November

Government leader: QABOOS bin Said, Sultan (since July 1970)

Political parties: none

Other political or pressure groups: outlawed Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman (PFLO), based in South Yemen

Member of: Arab League, FAO, G-77, GCC, 1BBD, ICAO, IDA, 1DB—Islamic Development Bank, IFAD, IFC, IMF, IMO, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, ITU, NAM, O1C, UN, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO

NOTE: The information regarding Oman on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Oman 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Oman 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.