Sayyid Thuwaini bin Shihab Al Said was an Omani senior member of the royal family and one of the Deputy Prime Ministers.
He worked in the office of Sultan Said bin Taimur from 1948 to 1955.
He worked in the office of his father Sayyid Shihab bin Faisal, Governor of Muscat, from 1956 to 1970.
[2] In October 1970 Thuwaini was appointed as a personal advisor to the Sultan Qaboos.
[1] Thuwaini was a son of Shihab bin Faisal Al Said, who was a son of Sultan Faisal bin Turki.