Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah

| office = Minister of Education

| term_start = 2011

| monarch = Haitham bin Tariq

| primeminister = Haitham bin Tariq

| image = 26-11-2013 Ministra da educação do Sultanato de Omã, Madeeha bint Ahmed al Shivaniyia é recebida pelo vice-presidente Michel Temer - 11067460114.jpg

| alma_mater = University of California (PhD){{cite web | url=http://www.arabwomenorg.org/CV.aspx?ID=29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616221036/http://www.arabwomenorg.org/CV.aspx?ID=29 | archive-date=16 June 2022 | title=منظمة المرأة العربية }}

| birth_place = Oman{{Cite web|url=https://tfaseal.com/مديحة-بنت-أحمد-الشيبانية|title=من هي مديحة بنت أحمد الشيبانية وزيرة تربية مسقط|date=7 November 2022|accessdate=28 March 2023}}

| nationality = Oman

}}

Madeeha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al Shibaniyah is an Omani politician. She is the Minister of Education.

==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.{{cite news|title=Top 10 Most Powerful Arab Women In Government 2017|url=https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/list/top-10-powerful-arab-women-government-2017/item/7/|accessdate=17 November 2017|work=Forbes Middle East|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032835/https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/en/list/top-10-powerful-arab-women-government-2017/item/7/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=dead}} She was appointed the Minister of Education in 2011 by Sultan Qaboos bin Said. She was third woman in the history of Oman to hold a cabinet position in government. She replaced Yahya bin Saud Al Sulaimi, the previous Minister of Education.{{cite news|last1=Nath|first1=Ravindra|title=Sultan Qaboos names new minister|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/article/20110227/ARTICLE/302279922/1016|accessdate=17 November 2017|work=khaleejtimes.com}} In 2014 she visited Japan on an official visit.{{cite web|title=Japan-Oman Relations (Basic Data)|url=http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/middle_e/oman/data.html|website=mofa.go.jp|publisher=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|accessdate=17 November 2017|language=ja-JP}} She hosted and sponsored the Second Gulf Forum on Nanotechnology in Oman.{{cite web|title=SQU to host second Gulf forum on nanotechnology awareness|url=http://nanoisola.com/index.php/releases/103-squ-to-host-second-gulf-forum-on-nanotechnology-awareness|website=nanoisola.com|accessdate=17 November 2017|language=en-gb}} 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.{{cite web|title=H.E. Dr. Madiha bint Ahmed bin Nassir al-Shaibaniyah, Minister of Education, heads meeting of the Supervisory Committee of the Specialised Centre for Professional Training of Teachers|url=http://havasapps.com/test/moe/?p=3208|website=havasapps.com|publisher=Specialised Training Centre|accessdate=17 November 2017}}