Sayyid Badr was born in Muscat on the 30 May 1960. He is the second son of Sayyid Hamad bin Hamood Albusaidi, who worked under the Sultan Said bin Taimur and Sultan Qaboos. In 1970 Sultan Qaboos succeeded his father and made his residence in Muscat.
Sayyid Badr received his early education in the Saideyya schools and in Muscat and Salalah. He left for the United Kingdom in 1977 to pursue his further education, and he spent his first months in Wales with a private tutor. He relocated to London in spring 1978 and worked with a team of tutors for three years.
This experience enabled Sayyid Badr to gain the necessary grades in the British Secondary School Examinations to win a place at Oxford, where he was awarded an M.Litt in politics, philosophy and economics in 1986.
Sayyid Badr has represented Oman in regional and international meetings, which include the United Nations. Upon Sayyid Badr’s return to Muscat 1988, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a diplomat. In 1989 he was appointed as the first secretary, and he established the Office of Political Analysis.
In 1990 he was promoted to councillor, and in 1996 he was promoted to ambassador.
In 1997 Sayyid Badr was appointed the head in the Minister" General’ s Office Department. In 2000 he was promoted to undersecretary, and then subsequently to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
MEDRC Oman representative and Chairman of Executive Council (1996–present).
