Monday, August 1, 2022 – 4:47 pm
KUWAIT, August 1st / WAM/ An Amiri decree was issued in Kuwait today, forming the new government, which includes 12 ministers, headed by His Highness Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The Kuwaiti News Agency stated that the Emiri decree included the appointment of Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior, Dr. Muhammad Abdul Latif Al-Faris as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah as Minister of Foreign Affairs. And Abdul Wahab Muhammad Al-Rasheed, Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment.
The new ministerial formation also included the appointment of Issa Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Al-Kandari, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, Dr. Rana Abdullah Abdul Rahman Al-Faris, Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Affairs, and Abdul Rahman Badah Al-Mutairi as Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs. Dr. Ali Fahd Al-Mudhaf as Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Counselor Jamal Hadil Salem Al-Jalawi as Minister of Justice and Minister of State for Integrity Affairs and Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs, Dr. Khaled Mahwus Suleiman Al-Saeed as Minister of Health, and Ali Hussein Ali Al-Mousa as Minister of Public Works and Minister of Electricity, Water and Energy Renewable, and Fahd Mutlaq Nassar Al-Shariaan as Minister of Commerce and Industry and Minister of Social Affairs and Community Development.
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Wam/ Emad Al Ali