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The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, ordered the appointment of Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, and charged him with nominating members of the new government.
Sheikh Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah submitted the resignation of his government to the Emir of the country on the sixth of April, after announcing the results of the parliamentary elections that Kuwait witnessed on the fourth of this month.
This came about four months after the Kuwaiti government submitted its resignation to the new Emir of the country, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, shortly after he was sworn in before the National Assembly and directed sharp criticism of the legislative and executive authorities.
It is noteworthy that Kuwait witnesses from time to time government resignations or ministerial reshuffles, as a result of the insistence of representatives in the Kuwaiti Parliament to question ministers.
The relationship has always been tense between the National Assembly and successive governments in Kuwait, which is what distinguishes this small country, due to the ability of representatives to object and question, which is rare in its Gulf surroundings.
Who is Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah?
Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah was born in 1952. He is 72 years old. He is the son of Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who was the head of the Public Security Department in Kuwait in the 1950s.
His father is the eldest son of the former ruler of Kuwait, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who ruled the country in the 1920s until 1950.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah studied at the Eastern School in Kuwait and obtained a high school diploma from the National Evangelical School in 1972. He then obtained a bachelor’s degree in finance, banking and investments in 1976 from the University of Illinois in the United States of America.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah began his professional career more than 40 years ago. He rose through the ranks from financial analyst at the Kuwait Financial Center in the late 1970s, to become director of the Banking Supervision Department at the Central Bank of Kuwait in the 1980s.
He also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Burgan Bank and Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait until the late 1990s, ending his career with the private sector and moving to the government sector.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah was appointed Minister of Finance and Transportation between 1999 and 2001, during the reign of Prince Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
He held the Ministry of Transportation for seven years until 2006. He also held the Ministry of Planning and Administrative Development Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Health, and finally the Ministries of Oil and Information until 2011.
In September 2021, he was appointed head of the court of the Crown Prince, Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, during the era of the Emir of the country, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber, who passed away in December last year.
Sheikh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad’s experience includes other positions such as chairmanship of the Public Services Committee of the Council of Ministers, presidency of the Supreme Council of Civil Aviation, and presidency of the central technical body for implementing the use of technology in government work.
Sheikh Ahmed also holds the honorary presidency of the Kuwaiti Group of Geographic Information Systems Users from 2003 until the present.
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