Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد النواف الأحمد الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh ʾAḥmad al Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad aṣ-Ṣabāḥ, born 1956) is a Kuwaiti politician and military official who is the current Prime Minister of Kuwait since July 2022.[1][2] He is the eldest son of Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the incumbent Emir of Kuwait.[3]

His Highness Sheikh
Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
الشيخ أحمد النواف الأحمد الصباح
Official portrait, 2022
9th Prime Minister of Kuwait
Assumed office
24 July 2022
MonarchNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
DeputyTalal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Preceded bySabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
In office
9 March 2022 – 24 July 2022
MonarchNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Prime MinisterSabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
Preceded byAhmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Succeeded byTalal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Deputy Chief of National Guard
In office
19 November 2020 – 9 March 2022
MonarchNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Preceded byMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Succeeded byFaisal Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
Personal details
Born1956 (age 66–67)
Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Political partyIndependent
ParentNawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (father)

Former positions

He worked in the Ministry of Interior with the rank of Lieutenant-General, then retired in 2014 and held the position of Governor of Hawalli in the same year, and he represented the Emir of the country on more than one occasion. After Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah assumed the position of Crown Prince, the position of Deputy Chief of the National Guard became vacant, and he was appointed Deputy Chief of the National Guard with the rank of Minister on November 19, 2020, and continued in the position until March 9, 2022.

He was previously a member of the Al-Arabi Club's general assembly, and was the football manager during the club's golden age. He also served as the president of the International Police Federation, and he also headed the Kuwait Police Federation.

Ministerial positions

Minister of Interior

On March 9, 2022, an Emiri decree was issued appointing him as First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior.

Prime Minister

On July 24, 2022, an Emiri Decree was issued by the Crown Prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, assigning him the role of prime minister and the formation of the fortieth government in the history of Kuwait, and the government formation decree was issued on August 1, 2022.

References
  1. "Kuwaiti emir's son named prime minister". Reuters. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  2. "Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al Sabah named Kuwait's new Prime Minister". Siasat. 25 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  3. "Kuwait: Crown Prince names emir' son Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah as prime minister". Alarby. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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