KUWAIT CITY: The emir of oil-rich Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died on Saturday (Dec 16), the royal court docket mentioned, after three years in energy. He was 86.
“With nice unhappiness and sorrow, we mourn … the demise of Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” mentioned an announcement aired on Kuwaiti state tv.
State tv had lower its common programming and switched to a broadcast of Koranic recital earlier than the announcement.
In November, Sheikh Nawaf was admitted to the hospital “as a consequence of an emergency well being downside”, in accordance with the official KUNA information company, which didn’t elaborate on his sickness. He was later declared in steady situation.
Given his age, his well being has generally been a priority throughout his time period.
Sheikh Nawaf was named crown prince in 2006 by his half-brother Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah and took over as emir when Sheikh Sabah died in September 2020 on the age of 91.
He needed to steer the economic system by a disaster attributable to a fall in oil costs in 2020.
The present crown prince, Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, one other half-brother, is 83 and far consideration will now be centered on whether or not a youthful technology ruler is introduced in by the household.
Kuwait – a conservative nation the place sovereign powers stay concentrated within the palms of the ruling Al Sabah household – is residence to probably the most lively and highly effective parliament within the Gulf.
Kuwait – a conservative nation the place sovereign powers stay concentrated within the palms of the ruling Al Sabah household – is residence to probably the most lively and highly effective parliament within the Gulf.
However repeated standoffs between elected lawmakers and cupboard ministers put in by the ruling household have stymied growth efforts and scared off buyers.
Following a succession of resigning governments and dissolved parliaments, Kuwait’s present cupboard is its fifth in a 12 months.
The political impasse has delayed vital reforms and blocked growth initiatives, leaving infrastructure and schooling in disrepair and far of the inhabitants disgruntled.
Born in 1937, Sheikh Nawaf was the fifth son of Kuwait’s late ruler from 1921 to 1950 Sheikh Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah.
He began his political profession on the age of 25 as governor of Hawalli province, the place he remained till 1978 when he began a decade as inside minister.
