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 Kuwait’s 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 Kuwait’s diplomatic mission to the UN from 1983 to 1989.

Between 1995 and 1998, Sheikh Sabah was Kuwait’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science from Kuwait University in 1977.

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