We, Qaboos bin Said, the Sultan of Oman
after perusal of Royal Decree 26/75 Issuing the Law Governing the Administrative Apparatus of the State and its amendments,
Royal Decree 8/80 Issuing the Civil Service Law and its amendments,
Royal Decree 18/80 Establishing the Institute of Public Administration,
and Royal Decree 58/86 Abolishing the Ministry of Royal Diwan Affairs,
and in pursuance of public interest,
have decreed as follows
Article 1
Sayyid Faisal bin Ali bin Faisal Al-Said shall supervise the Civil Service Council and the Officers Affairs Bureau until a royal decree is issued reorganising the civil service bodies and defining their mandates.
He shall also supervise the Institute of Public Administration.
Article 2
Mohammed bin Ali Al-Qatabi is hereby granted the rank of minister and appointed as Deputy Chairman of the Civil Service Council on a full-time basis.
Article 3
This decree must be published in the Official Gazette, and comes into force from the date of its issuance.
Issued on: 9 Safar 1407
Corresponding to: 14 October 1986
Qaboos bin Said
Sultan of Oman
Published in Official Gazette 345 issued on 15 October 1986.