2016 in Kuwait
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See also: | Other events of 2016 List of years in Kuwait Timeline of Kuwaiti history |
Events in the year 2016 in Kuwait.
Incumbents
- Prime Minister: Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
Events
- 22 April – representatives from the government of Yemen and from Houthi rebels met in Bayan Palace in Kuwait City in an effort to negotiate a resolution to the Yemeni civil war.[1]
- 24 June – Kuwait announced that it would sue the International Olympic Committee $1 billion for blocking athletes from competing in the 2016 Summer Olympics under the Kuwaiti flag due to alleged government interference in sports.[2]
- 21 July – Temperatures in Mitrabah reached 54.0 °C (129.2 °F), setting a record for highest temperature recorded in Asia.[3]
- 8 October – An Egyptian national rammed an explosives-laden garbage truck into a vehicle containing three American soldiers on a Kuwait City highway in "an attempted terrorist attack"; the Americans, unharmed, then saved the Egyptian from his burning vehicle.[4][5]
- 16 October – Emir Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved the Kuwait government and set new elections.[6][7]
- 26 November – General elections held. Opposition candidates won 24 of the 50 seats in the National Assembly.[8]
- 21 December – after the victory of Donald Trump in the Trump International Hotel Washington DC.[9]
References
- ^ Hussain Al-Qatari, "Yemen joins British foreign secretary for talks in Kuwait", The Delta Democrat-Times via Associated Press (April 22, 2016), p. A16.
- ^ "Kuwait seeks $lb suit against IOC", The Boston Globe (June 24, 2016), p. D2.
- ^ "WMO verifies 3rd and 4th hottest temperature recorded on Earth". public.wmo.int/en. World Meteorological Organization (WMO). 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Kuwait arrests Egyptian after failed attack on U.S. soldiers", The Miami Herald (October 9, 2016), p. A22.
- ^ "U.S.: Soldiers saved would-be attacker", Richmond Times-Dispatch (October 10, 2016), p. A3.
- ^ Kuwait emir dissolves parliament over fuel price row BBC News (16 October 2016).
- ^ "National Assembly dissolved; vote due", The Philadelphia Inquirer via Deutsche Presse-Agentur (October 17, 2016), p. A04.
- ^ Kuwait poll: Opposition wins nearly half of parliament Al Jazeera, 27 November 2016
- ^ Jonathan O'Connell, "Kuwait moves D.C. gala to Trump hotel", The Boston Globe, via The Washington Post (December 21, 2016), p. A6.