His Highness Amir, His Highness Crown Prince, and His Highness PM

Kuwait Amir urges new PM to crack down on corruption

19/11/2019

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praised newly-appointed Prime Minister, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and urged him to crack down on corruption.

"We have given you responsibility .. a big responsibility ... fight corruption and the corrupt ... Inshallah Allah the Almighty help you for the best interest of the nation and people," His Highness the Amir told His Highness the Prime Minister after he was sworn-in at Dar Salwa.

His Highness the Prime Minister thanked His Highness the Amir for his trust in assigning him in this post.

"I pledge to you to do all I can to continue the blessed march under the leadership of Your Highness ...," he said.

HH Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Profile of new PM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah

19/11/2019

KUWAIT-- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree on Tuesday appointing Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, and tasking him with nominating members of the new government.

The new government, which is the 36th in the country's political history, would be Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled's first-ever since becoming the eighth Prime Minister of Kuwait.

Born in Kuwait in 1953, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah earned a bachelor's degree in political science from Kuwait University in 1977.

He joined the Foreign Ministry in 1978 as a diplomatic attache, serving in the Arab affairs department 1978-1983 and with the permanent Kuwaiti mission at the (UN) 1983-1989.

Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled has also served as Kuwait's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Envoy at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) from 1995 to 1998, during which he participated in the GCC Ministerial Council's meetings. He has also been awarded with the Order of King Abdulaziz of First-Class in 1998.

In 1998, he was appointed by a decree as the Chief of National Security Bureau with a ministerial status. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled has also been appointed as Minister Social Affairs and Labor between July 2006 and March 2007, and Minister of Information between May 2008 and January 2009.

In 2011, he was appointed as Foreign Minister, and later as Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs in February 2012. In December 2012, he was re-assigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.

In January 2014, an Amiri decree ordered the appointment of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah as First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In December 2016, he was re-assigned as Foreign minister, and appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in December 2017.