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Oman">Consultative Assembly of Oman</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Speaker of the Council of State</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abdul_Aziz_bin_Fahd_Al-Said&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abdul Aziz bin Fahd Al-Said (page does not exist)">Abdul Aziz bin Fahd Al-Said</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Consultative Assembly Speaker</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Al_Mawali" title="Khalid Al Mawali">Khalid Al Mawali</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">169</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2023_Omani_general_election" title="2023 Omani general election">29 October 2023</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_State_Council_(47954035406).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/The_State_Council_%2847954035406%29.jpg/250px-The_State_Council_%2847954035406%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" 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/></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Member State of the Arab League</a></span> </p> <hr /></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Basic_Statute_of_Oman" title="Basic Statute of Oman">Basic Statute</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Oman" title="Human rights in Oman">Human rights</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Busaid" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Busaid">Monarchy</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Oman" title="List of rulers of Oman">Sultan</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Haitham_bin_Tariq" title="Haitham bin Tariq">Haitham bin Tariq</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Prince_of_Oman" title="Crown Prince of Oman">Crown Prince</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Theyazin_bin_Haitham" title="Theyazin bin Haitham">Theyazin bin Haitham</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;padding-bottom:0.5em;"> <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Oman" title="Cabinet of Oman">Cabinet</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Council</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Oman)" title="Council of State (Oman)">Council of State</a> <dl><dd><a 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election">2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Omani_general_election" title="2019 Omani general election">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2023_Omani_general_election" title="2023 Omani general election"><i>2023</i></a></li></ul></div></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Administrative divisions</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Governorates_of_Oman" title="Governorates of Oman">Governorates (محافظات)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Oman" title="Provinces of Oman">Provinces (ولايات)</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Oman" title="Foreign relations of Oman">Foreign relations</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="padding-top:0;text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_Ministry_(Oman)" title="Foreign Ministry (Oman)">Foreign Ministry</a> <dl><dd>Minister: <a href="/wiki/Badr_bin_Hamad_Al_Busaidi" title="Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi">Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi</a></dd></dl></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Oman" title="List of diplomatic missions of Oman">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Oman" title="List of diplomatic missions in Oman">in Oman</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omani_nationality_law" title="Omani nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omani_passport" title="Omani passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Omani_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Omani citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Oman" title="Visa 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It assists the government in drawing up the general policies of the state. The Council meets at the request of the sultan to study and discuss matters raised by him, taking all its decisions on the basis of a majority vote. The sultan addresses all the members of this council on an annual basis.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are 15 women members (14 of them are in the state council) among the 169 members of the parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2009 construction work began on the Majlis Oman project, a landmark building to accommodate the parliament assembly hall and the upper and lower houses.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The development, designed by q-dar and built by <a href="/wiki/Carillion" title="Carillion">Carillion</a> Alawi, was completed in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span 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rial">Rial (currency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Oman" title="Telecommunications in Oman">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Oman" title="Tourism in Oman">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Oman" title="Transport in Oman">Transport</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Oman" title="List of airports in Oman">airports</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Oman" title="Category:Society of Oman">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/As-Salam_as-Sultani" title="As-Salam 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href="/wiki/Omani_Arabic" title="Omani Arabic">Language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Oman" title="Music of Oman">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omanis" title="Omanis">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Oman" title="Public holidays in Oman">Public holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Oman" title="Religion in Oman">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport in Oman">Sport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_games_in_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="List of games in Oman">Traditional games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Oman" title="Women in Oman">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-weight:bold;"><div><div style="margin-bottom:-0.4em;"><ul><li><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Oman" title="Outline of Oman">Outline</a></span></li><li><span class="nobold"><a 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title="Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Parliament of the Republic of the Congo">Republic of the Congo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Parliament of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Congress_of_the_Dominican_Republic" title="Congress of the Dominican Republic">Dominican Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Equatorial_Guinea" title="Parliament of Equatorial Guinea">Equatorial Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Eswatini" title="Parliament of Eswatini">Eswatini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/French_Parliament" title="French Parliament">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Gabon" title="Parliament of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Grenada" title="Parliament of Grenada">Grenada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assembly_(Haiti)" title="National Assembly (Haiti)">Haiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Consultative_Assembly" title="People's Consultative Assembly">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Italian_Parliament" title="Italian Parliament">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ivory_Coast" title="Parliament of Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jamaica" title="Parliament of Jamaica">Jamaica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Jordan" title="Parliament of Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Kazakhstan" title="Parliament of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Kenya" title="Parliament of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Lesotho" title="Parliament of Lesotho">Lesotho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legislature_of_Liberia" title="Legislature of 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