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Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a somber official made the ...
Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait: Died: 16 December 2023 (aged 86) Al-Siddiq, Hawalli ... He was a son of the tenth ruler of Kuwait, Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. [3]
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, died at age 86 after ruling the Gulf state for three years, officials announced on Saturday, according to state news agency KUNA.
KUWAIT (Reuters) -Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah died on Saturday, aged 86, according to the royal court, just over three years after assuming power in the U.S.-allied Gulf oil producer.
The Emir of the State of Kuwait (Arabic: أمير دولة الكويت) is the monarch and head of state of Kuwait, and is the country's most powerful office. The emirs of Kuwait are members of the Al Sabah dynasty.
Mishal was born on 27 September 1940 to Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his father's reign (1921–1950) as the tenth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait.Mishal was Ahmad's seventh son, and is the paternal younger half-brother of three emirs of Kuwait: Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1977–2006), Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2006–2020) and Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (2020–2023).
Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah, 83, Kuwait's day-to-day ruler during much of Sheikh Nawaf's reign due to his ill-health, has succeeded his half-brother as emir. ... He died aged 86.
After months of hospitalization at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota, Sheikh Sabah died on 29 September 2020 at the age of 91 due to long-term health issues. [52] [53] The Kuwaiti government declared 40 days of mourning. [54] [55] Sabah's half-brother, the crown prince of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf, was designated as the new Emir of ...