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The Emir of Kuwait Appoints Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem as Prime Minister

The Emir of Kuwait returns Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem to lead the government

On Thursday, the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, issued an Emiri order appointing Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, and assigning him to nominate members of the new cabinet.

On December 20, the Emir of Kuwait directed sharp criticism at the government and Parliament in his first speech after being sworn in as Emir of the country. Immediately, Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presented the resignation of his government to the Emir of the country, who accepted it and assigned him to continue managing the affairs of the country. state until the new government is formed.

The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during his speech before Parliament (KUNA)

With his appointment as Prime Minister, Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah returns to government work nearly 12 years after his resignation from the government, part of which he spent in academic work.

The last position he held was when he was appointed on May 8, 2011, as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He continued in the position until October 2011, when he submitted his resignation in protest against what is believed to be the government’s failure to conduct investigations into what is alleged to be a “case.” Millions of deposits” from which representatives in the National Assembly benefited.

Sheikh Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem was born on October 10, 1955. He is the fourth son of Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the twelfth Emir of the State of Kuwait, and the second in a series of princes who ruled the country after independence (from his wife, Sheikha Nouriya Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah). His older brother is Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the former Minister of Defense and Interior.

Kuwaiti National Assembly (National Assembly)

Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College in California, the United States, in 1978. He also obtained a master’s and doctorate degrees in economics and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University.

In the academic field, he held the position of teaching assistant and member of the mission in the Department of Economics at the College of Commerce, Economics and Political Science at Kuwait University between 1979 and 1985, and then he was appointed professor in the department in 1985.

He was seconded to the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research from 1987 to 1988.

In 1990, he was a member of the Kuwaiti Popular Congress delegation that visited North American countries during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. During that period, he was also a member of the Supreme Advisory Council, which coordinated the work of the Kuwaiti government in exile. He was also a member of the Council’s Reconstruction Committee.

In political work, he was appointed Kuwait’s ambassador to the United States of America in 1993, and continued in that position until he was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs on February 14, 2001.

Part of the previous Kuwaiti Cabinet meeting (KUNA)

On July 14, 2003, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Social Affairs and Labor.

On February 9, 2006, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and he was reassigned to the same positions in July 2006 and in March 2007. Likewise, in the ministerial reshuffle that took place in October 2007 and in May 2008.

He was also appointed on January 12, 2009, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Acting Minister of Oil, and on May 29, 2009, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He was reappointed on May 8, 2011, as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and continued in the position until October 2011, when he resigned from the government.

The rulers of Kuwait from Sabah Al-Awal until Nawaf Al-Ahmad (KUNA)

If Sheikh Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah is able to form his future government, he will be the tenth prime minister in the history of Kuwait, and his government will be the 45th in the history of governments in about 62 years, the date of the establishment of the first government of Kuwait in January 1962 headed by Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem (1965 – 1895). Which lasted one year (January 17, 1962 until January 26, 1963).

During approximately 62 years, nine “sheikhs – members of the ruling family” served as prime minister, including five who assumed the reins of the emirate in Kuwait: Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah, and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad. .

Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah is considered to have the longest tenure at the head of the government in Kuwait, exceeding 25 years (from February 1978 until July 2003), during which he headed 11 governments.

While Nasser Al-Muhammad (who served as Prime Minister from February 7, 2006 until November 28, 2011) and Jaber Al-Mubarak (who served as Prime Minister from November 30, 2011 until November 18, 2019) were equal in the number of times they served as Prime Minister. Governments, with 7 governments each.

Kuwait National Assembly (KUNA)

Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad headed 5 governments in 12 years, while Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem headed 3 governments (in about two and a half years), and Sabah Al-Khaled 4 governments in about 3 years, while Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem headed one government in one year, and Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad formed a government. One in 2 years and 7 months.

Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah formed 4 governments in less than two years. His first government was on August 1, 2022, but it lasted only two months, ending on October 2, 2022. On October 16, 2022, he formed his second government, which lasted. Two and a half months, until January 26, 2023. On April 9, 2023, he formed his third government, which resigned after the elections on June 7, 2023, and formed his fourth government on Wednesday, June 18, 2023, which resigned on December 20, 2023.

Sheikh Muhammad Al-Sabah Al-Salem holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Claremont McKenna College in California, the United States, in 1978, and a master’s and doctorate degrees in economics and Middle Eastern studies from Harvard University.

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2024-01-06 17:18:53

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