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Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah (3 October 1944 – 21 January 2012) was a
Sabah was born on 3 October 1944. Sabah served as ambassador of Kuwait to
Saud Nasser Al-Saud Al-Sabah (3 October 1944 – 21 January 2012) was a 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 ...
i politician and diplomat.
Biography
Sabah was born on 3 October 1944. Sabah served as ambassador of Kuwait to Great Britain
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from 1975 to 1981. He then served as Kuwaiti ambassador to the United States
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during the First Gulf War, more specifically from 1981 to 1992. In 1992, he was appointed information minister and served in the post until March 1998. He was oil minister from March 1998 to 2000. He resigned from the post due to an explosion that killed five workers at the country's largest oil refinery
An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial process plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refined into useful products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, asphalt base, fuel oils, heating oil, kerosene, lique ...
.
He and his daughter Nayirah were reportedly involved in Citizens for a Free Kuwait Citizens for a Free Kuwait (CFK) was an astroturf operation established by the Kuwaiti government to persuade the American public to look favourably on US military action in the Persian Gulf (the subsequent Operation Desert Storm). Its principal p ...
, a front group established by the Kuwaiti government to promote US involvement in the Gulf War. This involvement was covered in the 1992 documentary film ''To Sell a War
''To Sell a War'' is a documentary film, first aired in December 1992 as part of CBC programme '' The Fifth Estate''. The programme was directed and produced by Neil Docherty.
It chronicles the Citizens for a Free Kuwait campaign efforts to spi ...
''.
Sabah died of cancer on 21 January 2012.
See also
*Military of Kuwait
The Kuwait Military Forces ( ar, القوات المسلحة الكويتية, Al-Quwwat Al-Musallahah Al-Kuwaitiyah) are the military forces of the State of Kuwait. They consist of the Kuwait Air Force, the Kuwait Army, the Kuwait Navy & the ...
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* 1944 births 2012 deaths House of Al-Sabah Ambassadors of Kuwait to the United States Ambassadors of Kuwait to the United Kingdom Oil ministers of Kuwait Deaths from cancer in Kuwait {{Kuwait-stub