Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

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Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح
Prime ministers
Born(1937-06-25)25 June 1937
Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died16 December 2023(2023-12-16) (aged 86)
Al-Siddiq, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait
Burial17 December 2023
Sulaibikhat Cemetery
SpouseSharifa Sulaiman Al-Jassim
Issue
  • Sheikh Ahmad
  • Sheikh Faisal
  • Sheikh Abdullah
  • Sheikh Salem
  • Sheikha Sheikha
Arabicنواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح
HouseSabah
FatherAhmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
MotherYamama
ReligionSunni Islam

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (

Arabic: نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, romanized: Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait
from 2020 until his death in 2023.

He was

minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime minister (2020–2023). Nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 February 2006, during the reign of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During his three-year rule as emir, he grappled with internal political disputes.[1]

Early life and education

Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was born on 25 June 1937.[2] He was a son of the tenth ruler of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.[3] He studied at various schools in Kuwait, among them Hamada, Sharq, Al-Naqra, Eastern and Mubarakiya.[4]

Career

Then Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari with Nawaf in April 2009

Nawaf became one of the most senior members of the

invasion of Kuwait, and Salem al-Sabah, the minister of interior during the invasion, be dismissed from the government and investigated for Kuwait's lack of military preparedness on the day of the invasion.[9]
As a result, Nawaf was not appointed to a cabinet-level position until 2003.

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks with Sheikh Nawaf, July 2021

On 16 October 1994, Nawaf was appointed deputy chief of the

Arab countries.[14]

With the ascendance of

Al-Sabah family, according to which the offices of emir and crown prince are supposed to alternate between the Al-Jaber and Al-Salem branches.[15][16]

Sabah died on 29 September 2020 and Nawaf was announced as the emir of Kuwait during a meeting of the National Assembly.[17][18][19]

Personal life

Nawaf married Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jasem Al-Ghanim, daughter of Sulaiman Al-Jasem Al-Ghanim by his wife, Ruqayyah bint Abdullah Al-Abd Al-Razzaq. They have four sons and a daughter.[20][4]

Health and death

In 2021, it was reported that Nawaf had received treatment in the United States for an unspecified medical condition.[21]

On 29 November 2023, Nawaf was admitted to hospital following an emergency health issue.[22] He died on 16 December 2023, at the age of 86, and was succeeded as emir by his half-brother Mishal.[23]

The funeral was limited to his family and held at the Bilal bin Rabah mosque in the al-Siddiq region,[24] after which he was buried in Sulaibikhat Cemetery.

Honors and awards

See also

References

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  5. ^ حدث في مثل هذا اليوم في الكويت Archived 28 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine دخل في 21 فبراير 2009
  6. ^ a b "Official website of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Interior, (Section Arabic/English Read)". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  7. ^ a b c d e f السيرة الذاتية لسمو الشيخ نواف الاحمد الجابر الصباح Archived 24 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine، وكالة الأنباء الكويتية كونا – نشر في 7 فبراير 2006، دخل في 11 أبريل 2010
  8. ^ List of Kuwait Defense Ministers; Knights of the Kuwait Armed Forces Archived 9 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine(in Arabic)
  9. ^ Edward A. Gargan (24 May 1991). "Senior Kuwaiti Military Officers Demand Ouster of 2 Cabinet Aides". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
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  11. Mutaib bin Abdullah
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  28. ^ Times, Kuwait (13 November 2018). "Palestinian leader grants Crown Prince highest merit". Kuwait Times. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

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Born: 25 June 1937 Died: 16 December 2023
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