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Qaboos, the Arab world's longest-serving ruler, died on 10 January 2020.<ref name = BBC>{{cite news|url = https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|title= Sultan Qaboos of Oman dies aged 79|date = 11 January 2020|access-date = 10 January 2020|work = [[BBC News]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200405082103/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-50902476|archive-date = 5 April 2020}}</ref> Leaving no heir on succession, on 11 January 2020 Qaboos was succeeded by his first cousin [[Haitham bin Tariq]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/1611351/middle-east|title=Haitham bin Tariq appointed new ruler of Oman|website=Arab News|date=11 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113223453/https://www.arabnews.com/node/1611351/middle-east|archive-date=13 January 2020}}</ref>
On 12 January 2021, [[Dhi Yazan bin Haitham]], Sultan Haithan's oldest son became the crown prince as first in line to succeed his father under new fundamental law.
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