Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح
Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح
	Nawaf in 2018
Emir of Kuwait
Reign	29 September 2020 – 16 December 2023
Predecessor	Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Successor	Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber
Prime ministers	Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (2020–2022); Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad (2022–2023);
Born	25 June 1937; Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died	16 December 2023 (aged 86); Al-Siddiq, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait
Burial	17 December 2023; Sulaibikhat Cemetery
Spouse	Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jassim
Issue	Sheikh Ahmad; Sheikh Faisal; Sheikh Abdullah; Sheikh Salem; Sheikha Sheikha;
Arabic	نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح
House	Sabah
Father	Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Mother	Yamama
Religion	Sunni Islam

Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح, romanized: Nawwāf al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 until his death in 2023.

He was minister of interior (1978–1988, 2003–2006), minister of defense (1988–1991) and deputy prime minister (2020–2023). Nawaf was nominated as crown prince on 7 February 2006, during the reign of his half-brother Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. During his three-year rule as emir, he grappled with internal political disputes.^[1]

^ "Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86". AP News. 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[1] "Kuwait's ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86". AP News. 16 December 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

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