2023-12-16 22:06:49
The Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, died this Saturday, December 16, 2023 at the age of 86.
In a statement released this followingnoon on Kuwaiti television, the government announced that “with great sadness, we mourn the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait.”
Sheikh Nawaf was named crown prince in 2006 by his half-brother, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and took over as emir in September 2020.
A rich oil state in the Gulf, Kuwait has been plunged for several years into a deep crisis between the executive and legislative powers which is undermining hopes of reforms.
The question that now arises is whether the Al-Sabah family will choose a younger leader since Kuwait is a conservative country of sovereign power.
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