Amiri order bestows title of His Highness PM to Sheikh Sabah AlKhaled
An Amiri order was issued on Tuesday to allocate the title of His Highness to the newly assigned Prime Minister of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. In line with the constitution and the recent Amiri order to assign Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled as Prime Minister, the decision was made to address the official with the title of His Highness the Prime Minister and mandated him to form a new government. The Amiri order will take effect on the date of execution and it will be published in the official state newspaper.
Born in Kuwait in 1953, H.E. Sheikh Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Kuwait University in 1977.
He began his career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1978 as a Diplomatic Attaché in the Department of Arab Affairs.
In 1995-98, he was the Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Permanent Representative of The State of Kuwait at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
In 2006-07, he was Minister of Social and Labor Affairs. In 2007-2009, he was Minister of Information. In 2009, he was appointed Minister of Information, Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
In 2011, he was appointed as Foreign Minister, and later as Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs in February 2012. In December 2012, he was re-assigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
In January 2014, an Amiri decree ordered the appointment of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah as First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. In December 2016, he was re-assigned as Foreign minister, and appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in December 2017.
He is also a member of the Supreme Petroleum Council, the National Security Council, the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, the Supreme Council of Environment, and is the Chair of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED).
He was recently honored with the Order of King Abdulaziz (Saudi-Arabian Order of Merit), the Order of the Two Niles (First Class) given from the President of the Republic of Sudan, and as the Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by the President of the Republic of Senegal.