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List Of Kuwaitis
The following is a list of notable Kuwaitis: Ruling family House of Al Sabah * Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah * Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah * Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait * Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah * Mubarak Al-Sabah * Muhammad I Al Sabah * Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah * Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah *Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — current Emir of Kuwait * Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah * Sabah I bin Jaber — born c. 1700, first ruler of Kuwait * Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah — former Emir of Kuwait * Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah * Salem Al-Ali A-Sabah * Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah * Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Politics * Alaa Hussein Ali * Ahmed Al-Sadoun * Rola Dashti * Massouma al-Mubarak * Bader Al-Nashi * Ahmed al-Rubei * Nabil Al Fadl Members of the National Assembly * Daifallah Bouramiya * Hussain al-Qallaf * Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi * Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi * Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad * Musallam Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuwait
Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. Kuwait also shares maritime borders with Iran. Kuwait has a coastal length of approximately . Most of the country's population reside in the urban agglomeration of the capital city Kuwait City. , Kuwait has a population of 4.45 million people of which 1.45 million are Kuwaiti citizens while the remaining 3.00 million are foreign nationals from over 100 countries. Historically, most of present-day Kuwait was part of ancient Mesopotamia. Pre-oil Kuwait was a strategic trade port between Mesopotamia, Persia and India. Oil reserves were discovered in commercial quantities in 1938. In 1946, crude oil was exported for the first time. From 1946 to 1982, the country underwent large-scale modernization, largely b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah ( ar, الشيخ سالم صباح السالم الصباح) (18 June 1938 – 8 October 2007) was a senior member of the House of Al-Sabah of Kuwait. Biography Salem Al Sabah was the eldest son of the 12th Ruler and 2nd Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He served as the Ambassador of Kuwait in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ... and several other European countries from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. He then served as Kuwait's deputy prime minister and held various cabinet posts, including defence minister, foreign minister, interior minister and social affairs minister. He was also the chairman of the Kuwait's POW and Kidnapped Committee, which even when he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi
Mohammed Hayef Al-Mutairi is a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the fourth district. Born in 1964, Al-Mutairi studied Islamic studies and served in the Kuwait Municipality before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. Al-Mutairi affiliates with Islamist deputies. Opposed Guaranteeing Bank Deposits On October 28, 2008, the parliament voted 50-7 to insure all types of deposits in all local banks within Kuwait. Al-Mutairi opposed the bill, along with Jabir Al-Azmi, Hussein Al-Qallaf Al-Bahraini, Daifallah Bouramiya, Mohammed Al-Obaid, Musallam Al-Barrak and Waleed Al-Tabtabaie. Al-Mutairi accused the Cabinet of speeding up the bill's passage for the benefit of monetary tycoons. Request to Grill Prime Minister Nasser In November 2008, Al-Mutairi joined with fellow Islamist MPs Waleed Al-Tabtabaie and Mohammed Al-Mutair in filing a request to grill Prime Minister Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah for allowing prominent Iranian Shiite cleric Mohammad B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi
Rija Hujailan Al-Mutairi (born 1941) is a former Kuwaiti politician, representing the fourth district. Al-Mutairi studied management and worked in the Ministry of Education before being elected to the National Assembly in 2008. Supported guaranteeing bank deposits On October 28, 2008, the parliament voted 50–7 to insure all types of deposits in all local banks within Kuwait. Al-Mutairi supported the bill, arguing that its passage would assuage people's fear of losing their deposits and rebuild their trust in Kuwait's economy during the financial crisis of 2007–2008 Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fi ....http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20081030091011/Kuwait%20ready%20to%20recapitalize%20Gulf%20Bank/ References Kuwaiti people of Arab descent Members of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussain Al-Qallaf
Hussain Ali Alsayyid Khalifa Hussain al-Qallaf (Arabic:حسين علي السيد خليفة حسين القلاف) is a former member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the first district. Born in 1958, Al-Qallaf studied Sharia law before being elected to the National Assembly in 1996. While political parties are technically illegal in Kuwait, Al-Qallaf affiliates with the Shia deputies. Views On June 18, 2008, Al-Qallaf criticized Education Minister Nouriya Al-Subaih for not wearing the hijab, telling the Arab Times, "It is difficult to comprehend the new Cabinet as it consists of ministers with opposing views, including two women who refused to comply with the dress code stipulated by the Constitution..." Al-Qallaf criticized the government's October 2008 stock-market bailout, alleging that it short-changed small investors and reasoning that the bailout money would be better spent on social allowances for the masses. On October 28, 2008, the parliament voted 50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daifallah Bouramiya
Daifallah Bouramiya is a former member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the fourth district. Born in 1957, Bouramiya studied public health and worked as a doctor before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003. He served as an independent deputy. Removing Health Minister Al-Jarallah On April 4, 2005, Bouramiya grilled Health Minister Mohammad Al-Jarallah over alleged mismanagement, leading the minister to resign two days later. As party of the grilling, Bouramiya read out a long list of accusations, including deterioration of health services and squandering of public funds in medical purchases and hospital rehabilitation projects. The minister resigned before he could be brought before a no-confidence vote, which was to be led by Bouramiya and ten other MPs. Some newspapers alleged that the MPs behind the motion were upset that no member of the powerful Awazem tribe or Shiite had been named minister in recent Cabinet changes. Resignation of Oil Minister Bader M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Assembly (Kuwait)
The National Assembly ( ar, مجلس الأمة) is the unicameral legislature of Kuwait. The National Assembly meets in Kuwait City. Political parties are illegal in Kuwait, candidates run as independents. The National Assembly is made up of 50 elected members and 16 appointed government ministers (ex officio members). Overview The National Assembly is the legislature in Kuwait, established in 1963. Its predecessor, the 1938 National Assembly was formally dissolved in 1939 after "one member, Sulaiman al-Adasani, in possession of a letter, signed by other Assembly members, addressed to Iraq's King Ghazi, requesting Kuwait's immediate incorporation into Iraq". This demand came after the merchant members of the Assembly attempted to extract oil money from Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, a suggestion refused by him and upon which he instigated a crackdown which arrested the Assembly members in 1939. The National Assembly can have up to 50 MPs. Fifty deputies are elected by one non-transfe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabil Al Fadl
Nabil Al Fadl (1949 – December 22, 2015) was a Kuwaiti politician who was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly and a columnist with the Al-Watan newspaper. His writings Fadl often harshly criticized fellow members of the National Assembly of Kuwait, especially Ahmad Al-Saadoun, Musallam Al-Barrak and Faisal Al-Muslim Al-Otaibi Faisal Al-Meslim Al-Osaimi Al-Otaibi is a former Kuwaiti politician, representing the third district. Born in 1962, Al-Meslim studied Political History at the University of Wales and worked as a professor before being elected to the National Assemb .... Death He died on December 22, 2015, during a session of the National Assembly, where he fell unconscious. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, and led to the suspension of the meeting and the evacuation of the hall from the public and the media. References 1949 births 2015 deaths Kuwaiti Muslims Members of the National Assembly (Kuwait) Kuwaiti journalists {{Kuwait-politician-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Al-Rubei
Ahmed Al-Rubei ( ar, احمد الربعي) (1949, Al Murqab, Kuwait – 5 March 2008) was a prominent liberal Kuwaiti politician, journalist, and professor. He graduated from Harvard University with a PhD in Islamic philosophy. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Kuwait in 1985, 1992, and 1999. He also served as Kuwait's Minister of Education and Higher Education from 1992 to 1996. He was also a professor in Kuwait University's Philosophy department. He was a regular columnist for several newspapers, including ''Asharq Alawsat'' and ''Al-Qabas''. He died on March 5, 2008, after a two-year battle with brain cancer. References Ahmed al-Rubei, prominent Kuwaiti liberal politician, dead at 59- International Herald Tribune, March 6, 2008 Prominent Kuwaiti politician dead at 59- USA Today, March 6, 2008 In Commemoration of Ahmed al Rabey- Asharq Alawsat ''Asharq Al-Awsat'' ( ar, الشرق الأوسط, Aš-Šarq al-ʾAwsaṭ, meaning "The Middle East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bader Al-Nashi
Bader Al-Nashi was the secretary general of Hadas, The Islamic Constitutional Movement in Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ... from 2003 until 2009. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood members Hadas politicians {{Kuwait-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massouma Al-Mubarak
Massouma al-Mubarak (born 1947) is Kuwait's first female government minister, sworn in on 20 June 2005. She was educated in the United States and is a professor of political science. Biography Massouma went to the US for higher education in 1971. In 1976 she completed an MA from The University of North Texas. She later earned a doctorate from the University of Denver. Since 1982 she has been teaching political science at the Kuwait University. She has been active in the field of equal rights for women and also writes a daily column for '' Al Anba'' newspaper. In 2002 she collected signatures on a petition opposing segregation by gender or abolishing coeducation in Kuwait. In June 2005, she was appointed minister of planning and minister of state for administrative development to the cabinet led by prime minister Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah. On 25 August 2007, she resigned as minister of health following a fire in a hospital in Jahra Al Jahra ( ar, الجهراء) is a town and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rola Dashti
In rail transportation, a rolling highway or rolling road is a form of combined transport involving the conveying of road trucks by rail, referred to as Ro-La trains. The concept is a form of piggyback transportation. The technical challenges to implement rolling highways vary from region to region. In North America, the loading gauge is often high enough to accommodate double stack containers, so the height of a semi-trailer on a flatcar is no issue. However, in Europe, except for purpose built lines such as the Channel Tunnel or the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the loading gauge height is much smaller, and it is necessary to transport the trailers with the tires about above the rails, so the trailers cannot be simply parked on the surface of a flat car above the wagon wheels or bogies. Making the wagon wheels smaller limits the maximum speed, so many designs allow the trailer to be transported with its wheels lower than the rail wagon wheels. An early approach in France was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
