Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah

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Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
سالم صباح السالم الصباح
Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Preceded bySaad Al-Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
Succeeded byNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Personal details
Born18 June 1938
Died8 October 2007(2007-10-08) (aged 69)
RelationsAli (brother)
Mohammed (brother)
ParentSabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (father)

House of Al-Sabah of Kuwait
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Biography

Salem Al Sabah was the eldest son of the 12th Ruler and 2nd

the United States,[1] Canada and several other European countries from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. He then served as Kuwait's deputy prime minister and held various cabinet posts, including defence minister,[2] foreign minister, interior minister and social affairs minister. He was also the chairman of the Kuwait's POW and Kidnapped Committee. Even when Salem was seriously sick, his deputies at the committee would visit his home at Messila Palace to give him the latest news regarding the POWs in Iraq.[3]

Salem died at age 69 on 8 October 2007.[1] He was survived by his wife, Badriya, and his four children.[3] His eldest son, Basel, was killed by his uncle in June 2010.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Today in Kuwait's History". KUNA. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  2. ^ "فرسان من الجيش - تاريخ الكويت". kuwait-history.net.
  3. ^ a b "Sheikh Salem passes away". Kuwait Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2007.
  4. ^ "Slain Kuwaiti Royal Laid to Rest as Police Initiate Tragedy Probe". Arab Times Online. Dubai. 19 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014.