Kuwait reappoints Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister

Kuwait’s Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid has been reappointed prime minister, state media said on Tuesday and tasked with forming a cabinet that would be the Gulf OPEC oil producer’s third this year in a domestic political standoff.

State news agency KUNA said Sheikh Sabah, prime minister since late 2019, was reappointed by an emiri order issued by Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The government had resigned on Nov. 8 in the standoff with the elected parliament.

Prior to that he has served in various capacities like Foreign Minister and first Deputy Prime Minister etc. He was also associated with the permanent Kuwaiti mission at the UN from 1983 to 1989.

Kuwait Capital: Kuwait City; Currency: Kuwaiti dinar.