أحمد العبد الله الصباح

Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (العربية: أحمد العبدالله الأحمد الصباح‎; born 5 September 1952) is a Kuwaiti economist, politician and a member of the ruling family, Al Sabah. He served as the minister of oil between 2009 and 2011. He has been prime minister of Kuwait since 15 April 2024.

أحمد العبد الله الصباح
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Al Sabah in 2010
Prime Minister of Kuwait
تولى المنصب
15 April 2024
العاهلMishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
سبقهMohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
Minister of Oil
في المنصب
February 2009 – May 2011
العاهلSabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
رئيس الوزراءNasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah
سبقهMohammad Al Olaim
خلـَفهMohammad Al Busairi
تفاصيل شخصية
وُلِد5 سبتمبر 1952 (العمر 71 سنة)
الأبAbdullah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah

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Early life and education

Sabah was born on 5 September 1952.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois in 1975.[1]


Career

Sabah worked at the Central Bank of Kuwait from 1978 to 1987.[1] Then he worked at the private finance institutions from 1987 to 1999.[1] During this period he was the chairman of the Burgan Bank SAK.[2] He was the minister of finance from 1999 to 2001.[3] He was appointed minister of communication in 1999.[4] He was nominated as health minister in March 2007, but was given no confidence vote at the National Assembly which led to the resignation of the government on 4 March.[5]

In February 2009 Sabah was appointed oil minister, being the fifth minister since 2006.[2] He replaced Mohammad Al Olaim as oil minister who resigned from office in November 2008.[6] Between November 2008 and February 2009 Mohammad Sabah Al Sabah served as acting oil minister.[2] Ahmad Al Sabah's tenure as oil minister ended in May 2011 when Mohammad Al Busairi replaced him in the aforementioned post.[7][8]

Sabah was made the head of the Crown Prince’s Court in 2021.[9] He was named as the prime minister on 15 April 2024 succeeding Mohammed Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah in the post.[10]

Personal life

Sabah is married and has three children.[1]

References

  1. ^ أ ب ت ث ج "KPC Board Members". KOC. Archived from the original on 1 يناير 2013. Retrieved 24 نوفمبر 2013.
  2. ^ أ ب ت Fiona MacDonald (9 فبراير 2009). "Kuwait Appoints Sheikh Ahmed al-Sabah Oil Minister". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2 ديسمبر 2013.
  3. ^ "وزارة المالية - دولة الكويت". www.mof.gov.kw.
  4. ^ Kuwait appoints new oil minister Archived 2 ديسمبر 2013 at the Wayback Machine Middle East Online (Kuwait City). 9 February 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Kuwait forms 40th govt within 60 years". Zawya. Arab Times. 3 أغسطس 2022. Retrieved 3 أغسطس 2022.
  6. ^ "Kuwait appoints new permanent oil minister". Pipeline Magazine. 10 ديسمبر 2009. Archived from the original on 2 ديسمبر 2013. Retrieved 24 نوفمبر 2013.
  7. ^ Summer Said (14 فبراير 2012). "Kuwait replaces oil minister with ex-KPC head". World Oil. Kuwait City. Retrieved 24 نوفمبر 2013.
  8. ^ Khaled Al Shamar (9 مايو 2011). "Kuwaiti prime minister swears in new cabinet". Al Shorfa. Archived from the original on 10 سبتمبر 2014. Retrieved 10 سبتمبر 2014.
  9. ^ Ismaeel Naar (15 أبريل 2024). "Kuwait Emir appoints Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al Sabah as Prime Minister". The National. Retrieved 16 أبريل 2024.
  10. ^ "Kuwait names Ahmad Abdullah al-Ahmad al-Sabah as prime minister". Reuters. 15 أبريل 2024. Retrieved 16 أبريل 2024.

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