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Sheikh Sabah was Foreign Minister for 40 years before becoming Prime Minister in 2003.
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, died after battling illness and heart health problems.
The Kuwaiti media cut off the broadcast and began broadcasting recitations of the Quran for a period before the death was officially announced.
Here are seasons in the life of the late Emir of Kuwait:
Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad assumed power after a struggle within the ruling family, and Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah agreed to abdicate the throne on January 23, 2006 due to poor health. He then passed away in 2008.
The National Assembly voted to remove Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah on January 24, 2006. On January 29, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was appointed Emir of the country after difficult negotiations and haggling within the family Al-Sabah.
Sheikh Sabah took the constitutional oath after the National Assembly approved his nomination, ending this crisis.
The new emir was quick to appoint his half brother, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, crown prince. The prince also ended a tradition inherited in the ruling family when he appointed his nephew, Nasser Muhammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, head of the Amiri Diwan, as prime minister. It is customary for the crown prince to hold the position of prime minister.
And the new emir appointed his son Nasser to the position of head of the immensely powerful Emiri Diwan.
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Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is the half-brother of the Emir of Kuwait.
Long march
Sheikh Sabah Ahmad Al-Sabah was born in the city of Jahra in 1929, he is the fourth son of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Ahmed Al-Awal), and his mother is Munira Othman Al-Saeed Al-Ayyar.
He was educated at the Al-Mubarakiya school in Kuwait, where his father sent him abroad to study and gain experiences.
Sheikh Sabah was married in her second decade of life to Sheikha Fatwa bint Salman Al-Sabah, who died in 1990 after giving birth to four children: Nasser Al-Sabah, Amiri Diwan’s boss, Hamad Al-Sabah, one of the The country’s largest businessmen, Ahmed who died in 1969 and his only daughter Salwa. She also passed away in 2002.
Your initiatives
- In November 2007, the sheikh donated $ 150 million at the third OPEC summit in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, to support a program that funds scientific research related to energy, the environment and climate change.
- In May 2008, the State of Kuwait established the Decent Living Fund and contributed $ 100 million to this fund to counteract the negative impact of the global food crisis on countries.
- In January 2009, Sheikh Sabah launched an initiative to support and encourage small and medium-sized enterprises during the Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit with a capital of $ 2 billion. The initiative also paved the way for reconciliation among the leaders of the Arab countries by promoting a positive atmosphere.
- In July 2012, Sheikh Sabah announced during the African Union summit that the State of Kuwait would donate the costs of equipping the new headquarters of the African Union General Commission with all its needs in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.
- In April 2016, his country launched an initiative to host the peace talks in Yemen, under the auspices of the United Nations, and the Emir intervened directly to ensure their success.
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- In 1954, he was appointed a member of the Supreme Executive Committee, which was charged with regulating the interests of government and official departments.
- In 1955 he was appointed head of the Department of Social Affairs and Labor.
- In 1957, he was also assigned the head of the Press and Publications Department.
In addition, he was concerned about social issues and worked to provide adequate job opportunities for citizens as well as to organize expatriate workers, especially in the period after the oil production in Kuwait.
During his reign, the Official Gazette of Kuwait was published under the name “Kuwait Today” to record all official events, and the Press and Publications Law was promulgated, promoting political journalism and guaranteeing their freedom within the limits of the law. .
In 1961, after the independence of the State of Kuwait, the first government was formed and the departments were transformed into ministries, and a Minister of Information was appointed in it. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly that was in charge of writing the constitution.
In 1963, he was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs and Chairman of the Standing Committee for Aid to the Gulf, and he served in this position for 40 years. And by virtue of his ministerial position, he became a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, and was the first to hoist the Kuwaiti flag over the United Nations building upon approval to join it in 1963.
Upon assuming the position of Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Gulf Aid Standing Committee, he provided financial grants free of charge, and the committee’s assistance included South Yemen, North Yemen, the Sultanate of Oman and South Sudan.
In 1972, he contributed to the conclusion of a peace agreement between the two parts of Yemen to stop the civil war between them.
In 1980, he successfully mediated between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen to ease the tension between them.
Prince Sabah suffered from heart problems as he had previously undergone heart surgery including pacemaker placement since 2000, and had undergone urinary system surgery in 2007 in the United States.
It should be noted that his half brother, the late Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Jaber, who ruled before him, also suffered from heart problems.
