أحمد العبد الله الصباح

أحمد العبد الله الصباح
Ahmad Al Abdullah Al Sabah.png
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

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.

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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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