Asa'ad bin Tariq

Sultan Haitham bin TariqSayyida Ahad bint Abdullah Sayyid Asa'ad bin Tariq Al Said (Arabic: أسعد بن طارق آل سعيد; born 20 June 1954) is a member of the Omani royal family and the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs.

[1] His half brothers include Sultan Haitham bin Tariq and Sayyid Shihab bin Tariq, the Deputy Prime Minister for Defense Affairs.

[1] Asa'ad has commanded several divisions of the armed forces including being the Brigadier General of the country's Armored Corps in the 1990s.

[2] In 2002, Asa'ad was appointed a special representative of Sultan Qaboos bin Said.

[4] In 2017, he was appointed the Deputy Prime Minister for Relations and International Cooperation Affairs.