Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah | |
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جابر مبارك الحمد الصباح | |
 Al-Sabah in 2022 | |
| 7th Prime Minister of Kuwait | |
| In office 4 December 2011 – 19 November 2019 | |
| Monarch | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Deputy | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait | |
| In office 9 February 2006 – 4 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Muhammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 14 February 2001 – 4 December 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah |
| Preceded by | Salem Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah[citation needed] |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad al-Hamoud al-Sabah |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 5 January 1942 Kuwait City, Kuwait[citation needed] |
| Died | 14 September 2024 (aged 82) Kuwait City, Kuwait[citation needed] |
| Political party | Independent |
Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (Arabic: جابر مبارك الحمد الصباح, romanized: Jābir Mubārak al-Ḥamad aṣ-Ṣabāḥ, 5 January 1942 – 14 September 2024) was a Kuwaiti royal and politician who served as the prime minister of Kuwait from 2011 to 2019. He previously served as minister of defense as well as deputy prime minister. In April 2021 a Kuwaiti court ordered his detention on corruption charges.
Jaber was first appointed prime minister on 4 December 2011. A year later, on 5 December 2012, he was reappointed prime minister following the parliamentary election held on 1 December 2012. He was re-appointed in the same position on 1 November 2017.