Mohammed Barak Al-Mutair (
Arabic
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: محمد براك المطير) is the current Deputy Speaker of the
Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the
second district. Born in 1969, Al-Mutair earned a BA in business management and worked for an investment company before being elected to the National Assembly in 2003.
Forgiving Iraq's debt opposition
Al-Mutair opposes forgiving Iraq's debt, saying, "A commitment is a commitment; we have suffered enough from that neighbor." The estimated debt of $15–16 billion came mostly from loans made to Iraq during the
Iran–Iraq War
The Iran–Iraq War was an armed conflict between Iran and Iraq that lasted from September 1980 to August 1988. It began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran and lasted for almost eight years, until the acceptance of United Nations Security Council ...
.
Request to grill Prime Minister Nasser
In November 2008, Al-Mutair joined with fellow Islamist MPs
Waleed Al-Tabtabaie
Waleed Al-Tabatabaie (Arabic: وليد الطبطبائي) was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, who represented the third district. Born on 4 April 1964, Al-Tabtabaie obtained a PhD in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar and was an assistant ...
and
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. ...
in filing a
request to grill Prime Minister
Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
Nasser Al-Mohammed Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah ( ar, الشيخ ناصر المحمد الأحمد الجابر الصباح, ash-Shaykh Nāṣir Muḥammad al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ, born 22 December 1940) is a Kuwaiti politician who ...
for allowing prominent Iranian Shiite cleric
Mohammad Baqir al-Fali
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mono ...
to enter Kuwait despite a legal ban.
Al-Tabtabaie on PM Nasser
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References
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Kuwaiti people of Arab descent
Members of the National Assembly (Kuwait)
Living people
1969 births