Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah نَوَّاف الأَحمَد الْجَابِر الصَّباح | |
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![]() Nawaf in 2009 | |
Emir of Kuwait | |
Reign | 29 September 2020 – 16 December 2023 |
Predecessor | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber |
Successor | Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber |
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Born | Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait | 25 June 1937
Died | 16 December 2023 Al-Siddiq, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait | (aged 86)
Burial | 17 December 2023 |
Spouse | Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jassim |
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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]