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Snap general elections were held in Kuwait on 4 April 2024 to elect 50 of the 65 members of the National Assembly. [1] [2] The election came after the dissolution of the National Assembly elected in 2023 on 15 February 2024 due to an MP allegedly insulting Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad. [3]
The 2024 Kuwaiti National Assembly (commonly known as Majlis 2024) is the 18th legislative session of the National Assembly. Members were elected on April 4, 2024, and the first session was held on April 17, 2024. On May 10, 2024, Emir Sheikh Mishal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah dissolved the parliament and suspended certain articles of the ...
Speaker of the National Assembly of Kuwait is the presiding officer of the National Assembly of Kuwait. There is no speaker of the National Assembly as parliament has been dissolved in 15 February (Elections held on 4 April 2024 ) and 10 May 2024 After the emir Shiekh Mishal Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah.
Kuwait said Saturday it will hold elections for its national assembly on April 4, its latest round of voting after years of political turmoil. The state-run KUNA news agency made the announcement ...
Kuwait held national elections on Thursday for the fourth time in as many years as the oil-rich country seeks to break out of its longstanding political gridlock. There are no political parties.
Legislative Session Election date Name Took office Left office Notes Emir 1 23 Jan 1963: Saud Al-Abdulrazzaq: 29 January 1963 5 January 1965 Abdullah Al-Salim
The National Assembly is the legislature in Kuwait, established in 1963. [4] Its predecessor, the 1938 National Assembly, was formally dissolved in 1939 after "one member, Sulaiman al-Adasani, in possession of a letter, signed by other Assembly members, addressed to Iraq's King Ghazi, requesting Kuwait's immediate incorporation into Iraq."
The earliest modern elections in Kuwait were held in 1921. Elections were held again in June and then in December 1938 for a majlis al-tashri'i, or Legislative Council. The ruling family dissolved the second Council in 1939. Following independence in 1961 elections were held in 1962 to elect 20 members to the constitutional convention.