Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah

Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah is an Omani politician. She is the Minister of Education. She was appointed as minister in 2011 by Sultan Qaboos bin Said as the third woman in the history of Oman to hold a cabinet position in government. She replaced Yahya bin Saud Al Sulaimi.^[3]

Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah
Minister of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office 2011
Monarch	Haitham bin Tariq
Prime Minister	Haitham bin Tariq
Preceded by	Yahya bin Saud Al Sulaimi
Personal details
Born	Oman[1]
Nationality	Oman
Alma mater	University of California (PhD)[2]

Biography

Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a PhD in Education. She is the chairperson of the Omani National Commission for Education, Culture, and Science. She is the Minister of Education in Oman. In 2017 the Forbes Middle East placed her seven on a list of most powerful Arab women in government.^[4] In 2014 she visited Japan on an official visit.^[5] She hosted and sponsored the Second Gulf Forum on Nanotechnology in Oman.^[6] She is the chairperson of the Supervisory Committee of the Specialised Centre for Professional Training of Teachers in Oman. In 2016 she inaugurated the library of the centre and also over the overhaul of its websites and social media pages.^[7]