Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah is first deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister, Kuwait
Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah
Position: First deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister
Biography: Sheikh Sabah al-Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah retained his portfolio in Kuwaits latest cabinet, appointed following parliamentary elections in July. Sheikh Sabah has held the positions of first deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister since October 2011. Prior to this, he served in several other ministerial positions, starting in the Social Affairs & Labour Ministry in 2006.
Sheikh Sabah briefly served as information minister and acting minister of justice and Islamic affairs in April-May 2009. From 1978-95, he worked at the Arab affairs desk in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, including serving at Kuwaits diplomatic mission to the UN from 1983 to 1989.
Between 1995 and 1998, Sheikh Sabah was Kuwaits ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a bachelors degree in political science from Kuwait University in 1977.
Contact Tel: (+965) 2 242 5141
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