Yousuf Saleh AlOlayan (

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: يوسف صالح العليان) was a Kuwaiti businessman. He was the founder, publisher and chief editor of the

Kuwait Times ''Kuwait Times'' is an English-language daily published in Kuwait. It is the first English language paper in the Persian Gulf region. History and profile ''Kuwait Times'' was founded by Yousuf Saleh Alyan in 1961. The 36-page broadsheet provid ...

, the first daily newspaper in the

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region. In addition, his establishment went on to become the region's first English language newspaper. AlOlayan was also one of the founding members of the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA), and served as its honorary chairperson from 1978 to 1985 and again from 1990 to 1992. Following the

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, he also went on to become editor-in-chief of the Al-Fajir Al-Jadeed newspaper between 1991 and 1992. One of only a few Kuwaitis to travel to Europe in the mid twentieth century, AlOlayan studied economics in London and was awarded his degree in 1955. Later, he became a diplomatic agent to the Saudi Arabian government in France, before returning home to form the Kuwait Times in September 1961. AlOlayan was fluent in many languages, including

, English, French, Italian and

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