Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (, born 1956) is a Kuwaiti politician and military official who is the current Prime Minister of Kuwait since July 2022. He is the eldest son of

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح, translit=Nawwāf al-Ahmad al-Jābir as-Sabāh; born 25 June 1937) is the emir of Kuwait and the commander of the Kuwait Military Forces. On 29 September 2020 ...

, the

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Emir of Kuwait The Emir of the State of Kuwait is the monarch and head of state of Kuwait, the country's most powerful office. The emirs of Kuwait are members of the Al Sabah dynasty. Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah became the emir of Kuwait on 30 Sept ...

Former Positions

He worked in the

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with the rank of Lieutenant-General, then retired in 2014 and held the position of Governor of Hawalli in the same year, and he represented the Emir of the country on more than one occasion. After Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed the position of Crown Prince, the position of Deputy Chief of the

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became vacant, and he was appointed Deputy Chief of the

with the rank of Minister on November 19, 2020, and continued in the position until March 9, 2022. He was previously a member of the Al-Arabi Club's general assembly, and was the football manager during the club's golden age. He also served as the president of the International Police Federation, and he also headed the Kuwait Police Federation.

Ministerial Positions

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On March 9, 2022, an Emiri decree was issued appointing him as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

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On July 24, 2022, an Emiri Decree was issued by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, assigning him the role of prime minister and the formation of the fortieth government in the history of Kuwait, and the government formation decree was issued on August 1, 2022.

References

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