Yahya bin Mahfoudh al-Mantheri (born in 1949[1]) is a politician from Oman who served as chairman of the Council of State of Oman[2] from 8 March 2004 to 18 August 2020.

[1] He has been also served as Minister of Higher Education of Oman[3][4][5][6] and Chairmen of Sultan Qaboos University.

[7] He has degrees from Damascus University, master of arts from Oklahoma University and P.H.D from University of Edinburgh.

[8] He worked in the Omani mission in the UN 1972-1977.

He was minister of education from 1980 to 1994, and minister of higher education from 1994 to 2004.