Ahmed Al-Sadoun

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Ahmed Abdulaziz al-Sadoun
Ahmed AL-Sadoun in Abdullah AL-Salem Hall.jpg
Speaker of the Kuwait National Assembly
In office
February 15, 2012 – June 20, 2012
Preceded byJassem al-Kharafi
Succeeded byJassem al-Kharafi[a]
In office
October 20, 1992 – May 4, 1999
Preceded byHimself[b]
Succeeded byJassem al-Kharafi
In office
March 9, 1985 – July 3, 1986
Preceded byMohammad al-Adasani
Succeeded byNone[c]
Personal details
Born (1934-11-12) November 12, 1934 (age 87)
Kuwait City, Kuwait
NationalityKuwaiti
ResidenceKhaldiya, Kuwait City
OccupationReal estate executive

Ahmed Abdulaziz al-Sadoun (Arabic: أحمد عبدالعزيز السعدون) (born 1934) was the Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly from February 2012 until it was declared that the February 2012 elections were invalid. He was previously the speaker from 1985 to 1999.[2] He is the leader of the Popular Action Bloc in the Assembly and served for eight terms.

He represented the third district. Al-Sadoun worked in the ministry of communication before being elected to the National Assembly in 1975.

Al-Sadoun is a real estate executive.[3]

Personal Information & Career[]

He's the youngest of his family born to his father Abdulaziz Jassem al-Sadoun & mother Madhawi al-Rikada he has 12 brothers and sisters. Ahmed AL-Sadoun is Married with six children, two boys (AbdulAziz and Mohammed) and four girls (Widad, Ghada, Shaikha and Dalal). He's one of the founders of Kazma Sporting Club in 1964 and secretary until 1968 and then the president of Kuwait Football Association from 1968 to 1976 and vice president of FIFA from 1974 to 1982

  • Home City: Khaldiya, Kuwait
  • Religious Views: Muslim - Sunni
  • Elected member since: 1975
  • Elected member for: 11 terms 1975, 1981, 1985, 1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2012
  • Speaker of Kuwait National Assembly: 1985, 1992, 1996, and 2012[2]
  • Political Orientation: Leader of the Takatul al-Nawwab (1992) and of the Popular Bloc (1999, 2012)

Allegations of Profiteering[]

On May 28, 2007, the National Assembly formed an in-house investigation panel to look into allegations that Al-Sadoun and Mohammed Al-Sager used their influence to make money. The seven-member panel examined claims that Al-Sadoun gave information he garnered from a parliamentary question to his son, helping the company the son worked in to win a business contract.[4]

Oil Reforms[]

On June 14, 2008, Al-Sadoun and three other MPs filed a bill stipulating that annual oil output from Kuwait should not exceed one percent of proven reserves. The bill also requires the state to disclose to parliament the emirate's actual proven reserves. Government reports declare Kuwait's reserves to be about 100 billion barrels (1.6×1010 m3). Al-Sadoun alleges that this number has been inflated to give Kuwait greater leeway within OPEC, which apportions export quotas based on the size of each member country's reserves. Al-Sadoun has said that proven reserves could be as low as around 24 billion barrels (3.8×109 m3). In the past few years, Kuwait has been producing just under one billion barrels per year, one percent of the official reserve figure. If the bill is approved, it could force the emirate to cut its output from 2.55 million barrels (405,000 m3) per day currently to a quarter of that.[5]

Al-Sadoun further breaks from Kuwait's current oil policies in his staunch opposition to the entry of international oil companies (IOCs) into Kuwait.[6]

Protested Against Israeli Attacks[]

On December 28, 2008, Kuwaiti lawmakers Mikhled Al-Azmi, Musallam Al-Barrak, Marzouq Al-Ghanim, Jaaman Al-Harbash, Ahmad Al-Mulaifi, Mohammad Hayef Al-Mutairi, Ahmad Al-Saadoun, Nasser Al-Sane, and Waleed Al-Tabtabaie protested in front of the National Assembly building against the attacks by Israel on Gaza. Protesters burned Israeli flags, waved banners reading, "No to hunger, no to submission" and chanted "Allahu Akbar". Israel launched air strikes against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on December 26 after a six-month ceasefire ended on December 18.[7]

Notes[]

  1. ^ On June 20, 2012, the Constitutional Court annulled the 2012 legislative election and reinstated the National Assembly elected in 2009, of which al-Kharafi was Speaker.
  2. ^ Al-Sadoun was Speaker on July 3, 1986 when the National Assembly was indefinitely dissolved. He returned to power after the first constitutionally-mandated election was held in 1992.
  3. ^ On July 3, 1986, the Emir suspended the Constitution and dissolved the National Assembly indefinitely. During Iraq's occupation of Kuwait and under intense international pressure, the Emir pledged to revive the National Assembly after Kuwait was liberated.[1] As a result, Kuwait held a legislative election on October 5, 1992.

References[]

  1. ^ Ibrahim, Youssef (October 14, 1990). "A Kuwaiti Prince Sees Wider Rights". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b (in Arabic)Former Presidents of the National Assembly
  3. ^ Hedges, Christ (October 7, 1992). "Kuwaiti Opposition Members Win a Majority". The New York Times. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
  4. ^ http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/28/africa/ME-GEN-Kuwait-Parliament.php
  5. ^ "Kuwaiti MPs file bill to cut oil output". timesofindia-economictimes.
  6. ^ "Can Kuwait oil make the grade?". meed.com.
  7. ^ http://www.unnindia.com/english/story.php?Id=3746

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Preceded by
Mohammad Al-Adasani
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