Prime Minister of the
State of Kuwait
Emblem of Kuwait
Incumbent
Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
since 4 January 2024
Executive branch of the Government of Kuwait
Cabinet of Kuwait
ResidenceNo official residence
SeatKuwait City, Kuwait
AppointerEmir of Kuwait
Term lengthFour years
unlimited renewal
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Kuwait
Formation17 January 1962
First holderAbdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
WebsiteDiwan of His Highness the Prime Minister

The prime minister of Kuwait is the head of government of Kuwait. The officeholder is unelected and is appointed by the Emir of Kuwait as per Article 56 of the Kuwait constitution.[1] As the third most powerful official in the country, following the Emir of Kuwait and Speaker of the National Assembly, the prime minister leads the executive branch of the Government of Kuwait.

Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait during the period of Kuwait's independence, appointed himself the first Prime Minister of Kuwait on 17 January 1962, after the Constituent Assembly was elected to draft the Constitution.

Until 2003, the Crown Prince of Kuwait was usually appointed to the office of prime minister.

List of officeholders (1962–present)

Source:[2]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Term of office Head of State
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
عبدالله السالم الصباح
(1895–1965)		 17 January 1962 26 January 1963 1 year, 9 days Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
(1950–1965)
2 Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
صباح السالم الصباح
(1913–1977)		 2 February 1963 27 November 1965 2 years, 298 days
3 Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
جابر الأحمد الصباح
(1926–2006)		 27 November 1965 8 February 1978 12 years, 73 days Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah
(1965–1977)
4 Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
سعد السالم الصباح
(1930–2008)[lower-alpha 1]		 8 February 1978 13 July 2003 25 years, 155 days Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
(1977–2006)
5 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح
(1929–2020)		 13 July 2003 30 January 2006 2 years, 201 days Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
(1977–2006)
Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
(15 January–24 January 2006)
6 Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah
ناصر المحمد الصباح
(born 1940)		 7 February 2006 28 November 2011 5 years, 294 days Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2006–2020)
7 Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah
جابر المبارك الحمد الصباح
(born 1942)		 30 November 2011 19 November 2019 7 years, 354 days
8 Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
صباح الخالد الصباح
(born 1953)		 19 November 2019 24 July 2022 2 years, 247 days Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2006–2020)
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2020–2023)
9 Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
أحمد النواف الاحمد الصباح
(born 1956)		 24 July 2022 4 January 2024 1 year, 164 days Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2020–2023)
Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2023–present)
10 Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah
محمد صباح السالم الصباح
(born 1955)		 4 January 2024 Incumbent 12 days Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
(2023–present)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ In exile in Taif, Saudi Arabia between 2 August 1990 and 15 March 1991, due to the Iraqi invasion and occupation, and the subsequent Gulf War.

References

  1. ↑ Kuwait, the Government of. Kuwait Constitution.
  2. ↑ "History Of PM". The Government of Kuwait. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
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