Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Kuwait)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is one of the governmental bodies of Kuwait and part of the cabinet.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministerial Department overview
Formed1961 (1961)
Preceding Ministerial Department
  • Foreign Affairs Department Bureau
JurisdictionKuwait
HeadquartersKuwait City
Minister responsible
  • Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
Child Ministerial Department
  • State of Kuwait Ambassadors Bureaux
    • Military Correspondents Attachés Bureaux
WebsiteOfficial Website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

History and overview

In 1961, a foreign affairs department bureau was established in Kuwait to organize the foreign relations of the country. This body was soon relaunched as the ministry of foreign affairs, becoming the first ministerial body of the country.[1]

The first foreign minister of Kuwait was Sabah Al Salim Al Sabah.[2] He was followed by Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah.[1]

The ministry of foreign affairs of the State of Kuwait delegates Ambassadors and military attachés bureaux in foreign diplomatic missions in countries such as the United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, Italy and Korea.

List of ministers of foreign affairs and deputy prime ministers
No. Name Portrait Title Term of office Note
1 Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah Minister of Foreign Affairs 1962–1963 12 Ruler and 2nd Emir of Kuwait (1965–1977)
2 Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1963–2003 15 Ruler and 5th Emir of Kuwait (2006–2020)
3 Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2003–2011 Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States (1993–2001)
4 Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah[3] Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 2011–2019 Kuwait's permanent member mission to the United Nations (1983–1989)
Kuwait's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1995–1998)[4]
Kuwait's Prime Minister (2019–Present)[5]
5 Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah[6] Minister of Foreign Affairs 2019–present Kuwait's extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador in 2005
Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Office Affairs in 2016
Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister's Office Affairs in 2017

See also

References
  1. "Independence and building the modern state". Al Diwan Al Amiri. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2013.
  2. Jacqueline S. Ismael (1982). Kuwait: Social Change in Historical Perspective. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 173.
  3. "Sheikh Sabah Appointed FM". Arab Times. Kuwait City. 23 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  4. "Biography of Ministers". Arab Times. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
  5. "Profile of new PM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah". Kuwait News Agency. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. "Profiles of new cabinet ministers in Kuwait". Kuwait News Agency. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
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