Royal Oman Police Al Ma'amari was the personal bodyguard of the Sultan
Qaboos bin Said in the 1980s and a close aide. A CIA document in March 1985 characterized him as a nationalist with close influence with Qaboos. He was also the Chairman of the National Committee for Civil Defence (NCCD). On 15 March 2011, Al Ma'amari was dismissed by Qaboos bin Said during the
2011 Oman protests. His dismissal was thought to have stemmed from a failure to contain police forces that fired bullets into a stone throwing crowd on 27 February 2011 which killed one protester in
Sohar. It has been reported that at least 6 people died during the protests. He was replaced by Hassan bin Mohsin Al Shraiqi. ==References==