MUSCAT, 10 May 2004 — Sultan Qaboos reshuffled the Omani government yesterday, the Oman News Agency reported.
Under a royal decree, Khamis ibn Mubarak ibn Issa Al-Alawi was named housing, electricity and water minister, while his former portfolio as municipalities, environment and water resources minister was filled by Abdullah ibn Salem ibn Amer Al-Rawas, a new face in the Cabinet.
Sheikh Suhail ibn Mostahil Shammas, formerly housing, electricity and water minister, was named a member of the State Council, the sultanate’s upper house of Parliament.
On March 8, Oman named Rawya bint Saud Al-Bussaidi as the new higher education minister, the country’s first woman minister with portfolio, in a minor Cabinet reshuffle.
