Mustafa Jassem Al Shamali
مصطفى جاسم الشمالي
Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali, in 2013
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil
In office
4 August 2013 – January 2014
Prime MinisterJaber Al Mubarak Al Sabah
Preceded byHani Hussein
Succeeded byAli al-Omair
Minister of Finance
In office
2007 – May 2012
Prime MinisterNasser Mohammed Al Sabah
Preceded byBadr Mishary Al-Humaidhi
Succeeded byNayef Falah Al-Hajraf
Personal details
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Alma materAin Shams University

Mustafa Jassem Al-Shamali (born 1943) is a Kuwaiti politician who has had held different cabinet posts. He served as Minister of Finance between 2007 and May 2012.[1] He also served as oil minister from 4 August 2013[2] to January 2014.

Early life and education

Shamali was born in 1943.[3] He received a bachelor's degree in business and management from Ain Shams University, Egypt, in 1968.[2]

Career

Shamali started his career at the ministry of finance following the graduation.[3] He held different positions at the ministry, including director of the economic cooperation department (1975-1982), director of the ministry's general diwan (1985-1986), the ministry's undersecretary for economic affairs (1986-2006), and director of the ministry's undersecretary (2006-2007).[3]

On 13 December 2011, Shamali was appointed minister of health, but was replaced by Ali Saad Al Obeidi on 14 February 2012.[4] Shamali was appointed as finance minister in a cabinet reshuffle in February 2012.[5]

On 27 May 2013, Shamali was also appointed acting oil minister to succeed Hani Hussein who resigned from office.[6] On 4 August he was appointed oil minister.[7] Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah replaced Shamali as finance minister.[7] Shamali was also made deputy prime minister in the same reshuffle.[8] In addition, he is chairman of the board of the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA).[9]

In January 2014, Ali Al Omair was appointed oil minister and replaced him in the post.[10]

The "Settling Score and Revenge Grilling" Incident

In March 2012, Musallam Al-Barrak, head of Kuwait’s Public Funds’ Protection Committee, declared that the Popular Action Bloc, would file a motion against officials at the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) due to payments made by KIA to Kuwaiti companies. Al-Barrak accused Mustafa Al-Shamali of failing to protect public funds and announced he would be held accountable.[11] Al-Shamali resigned during a parliamentary session after refuting the allegations, denouncing the inquiry as a politically motivated “witch-hunt” and a vendetta by Al-Barrak and other opposition members.[12] He asserted that the questioning strayed from the public interest, aimed instead at personal retaliation. His resignation underlined growing tensions within the three-month-old government, leading to the eventual dissolution of the National Assembly. Despite these events, Al-Shamali was reinstated in the new government following the dissolution, backed by the confidence of the Prime Minister and the Emir of Kuwait.

References

  1. ↑ "وزارة المالية - دولة الكويت". www.mof.gov.kw.
  2. 1 2 "Curriculum Vitae". Kuwait Ministry of Oil. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Lobna Maarefi; Majda Al Awadhi (12 December 2012). "Kuwaiti new cabinet in profile". KUNA. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "14 February 2012 - Decree Number 18 for the Year 2012 to Appoint a Cabinet". The Government of Kuwait. 14 February 2012. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Kuwait forms new cabinet with 10 fresh faces". AFP. 14 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "Kuwait's Shamali Named Acting Oil Minister". Gulf Business. Reuters. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Al Shamali oil minister in new Kuwait cabinet". TradeArabia. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "Decree of Cabinet Formation". The Diwan. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "KIA held a luncheon banquet". Kuwait Investment Authority. Archived from the original on 20 August 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  10. ↑ "Kuwait cabinet reshuffle brings seven new faces". Asharq Al Awsat. London. 7 January 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  11. ↑ "Moves to protect corrupt individuals – Bloc prepares grilling motion against finance minister". Kuwait Times. Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  12. ↑ Harby, Mahmoud (24 May 2012). "Kuwait finmin resigns after push by opposition". Reuters.
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