Kuwait to establish new government with 12 ministers
Kuwait has issued a royal decree to establish a new government made up of 12 ministers to be run under Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al Sabah.
Oil Minister Mohammad Al Fares, Finance Minister Abdul Wahab Al Rasheed and Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmed Nasser Al Mohammed Al Sabah were all reappointed to posts in the Cabinet formed on Monday, state media said.
Sheikh Talal Khaled Al Ahmad Al Sabah was appointed Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Acting Minister of the Interior.
Sheikh Ahmad met on Monday with Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who was given key constitutional powers late last year by the Emir Sheikh Nawaf.
Sheikh Nawaf appointed his son Sheikh Ahmad as the country’s next prime minister after the resignation of the previous government, according to a royal decree.
The emir issued the decree in July more than two months after he accepted the resignation of Kuwait’s former prime minister and his Cabinet following months of political feuds with the country’s national assembly.
Both the emir and the crown prince announced plans to dissolve the parliament and called for early general elections. Both actions are still awaiting a royal decree to confirm the process.
