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Meshaal Al Sabaj
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, issued a decree appointing Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Crown Prince.
The Kuwaiti constitution stipulates that the crown prince will be appointed within one year after the Emir takes office. Their appointment will be made by decree of the Emir and the accession to the National Assembly in an extraordinary period of sessions, and the accession will be made with the approval of the majority of the members of the Council.
The head and members of the Kuwaiti government had placed their resignations at the disposal of the Emir of Kuwait.
Sheikh Meshaal, 80, is the half brother of the new and late emir.
He was a constant companion of the late prince throughout all of his medical travels, including his last trip to the United States of America.
Since 2004, Sheikh Meshaal has held the position of Deputy Chief of the National Guard with the rank of Minister.
Before that, he headed the State Security Agency and worked in the Interior Ministry.
Meshaal Al-Sabah has a strong influence within the National Guard, which is a military institution independent from the army and police forces, and aims to assist the armed forces and public security agencies and contribute to defense purposes. national.
Meshaal studied at the Hendon Police College in Great Britain and graduated from it in 1960 and is considered one of the most important security men in Kuwait, where he was head of the General Investigation from 1967 to 1980, and this device was transformed in his hands to the administration of the State Security Agency, which still bears this name.
As the Corona crisis in the country intensified, the Kuwaiti National Guard, which he led, played an important role in supporting the army and police forces to maintain security and implement the curfew.
He is rarely seen in the media. The former emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, appointed him in 1977 as head of the Diwaniya poets of Nabat concerned with the popular poetic heritage.
He has also served as the honorary president of the Kuwait Pilots Association since 1973, and is one of the founders and honorary president of the Kuwait Radio Amateur Association.
According to the Kuwait National Guard website, Sheikh Meshaal loves hunting and road trips.
