Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | |
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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 Ahmad Nawaf Al Ahmad |
Born | Kuwait City, Sheikhdom of Kuwait | 25 June 1937
Died | 16 December 2023 Al-Siddiq, Hawalli Governorate, Kuwait | (aged 86)
Spouse | Sharifa Sulaiman Al-Jasem |
Issue | Ahmad Faisal Abdullah Salem Sheikha |
Arabic | نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح |
House | House of Sabah |
Father | Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Mother | Yamama |
Religion | Islam |
Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ نواف الأحمد الجابر الصباح Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jābir as-Sabāh, 25 June 1937 – 16 December 2023) was the Emir of Kuwait following the death of Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber on 29 September 2020. He was the Deputy Commander of the Military of Kuwait.
He was the half-brother of the Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Nawaf was nominated as Crown Prince on 7 February 2006 against the tradition of the Al-Sabah family.[1]