A new Kuwaiti government has been sworn in, with Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah returning to the post of prime minister which he vacated in November and Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah taking on the key role of acting oil minister.
The new cabinet took the constitutional oath on 12 January in front of Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The new cabinet consists of:
Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, first deputy premier and defence minister
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, deputy premier, foreign minister and acting oil minister
Faisal Mohammad Al-Hajji Bukhadhour, deputy premier and state minister for cabinet affairs
Ahmad Yaqoub Baqer Al-Abdullah, minister of commerce and industry and state minister for national assembly affairs
Bader Fahad Ali Al-Duwaila, minister of social affairs and labour
Lieutenant General Jaber Khalid Jaber Al-Sabah, minister of the interior
Hussein Nasser Al-Huraiti, minister of justice and minister of Awqaf and Islamic affairs
Roudhan Abdulaziz Al-Roudhan, health minister
Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, information minister
Fadhil Safar Ali Safar, minister of public works and state minister for municipal affairs
Mustafa Jassem Al-Shimali, finance minister
Moudhi Abdulaziz Al-Humoud, state minister for housing affairs and state minister for development affairs
Nabil Khalaf Saeed bin Salama, minister of electricity and water and minister of communications
Nouriya Subeeh Barrak Al-Subeeh, minister of education and minister of higher education.
Few changes have been made from the cabinet which resigned on 25 November 2008 to avoid questioning over measures taken by the government to combat the global financial crisis. However, one key change is Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah taking over from Mohammad al-Olaim as head of the oil ministry.
The government’s resignation in November was the second of 2008, with the previous cabinet appointed in May.
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