Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | |
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense | |
In office | 11 December 2017 – 18 November 2019 |
Predecessor | Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah |
Successor | Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
Monarch | Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah |
Minister of Amiri Diwan of Kuwait (Head of the Ruler's Court) | |
In office | 12 February 2006 – 11 December 2017 |
Predecessor | Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah |
Successor | Sheikh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah |
Monarch | Sheikh Sabah Al Sabah |
Born | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 27 April 1948
Died | 20 December 2020 Kuwait City, Kuwait | (aged 72)
Spouse | Sheikha Hussa Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah |
Issue | Dana Abdullah Bibi Sabah Fahad Fetouh |
House | House of Al-Sabah |
Father | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Mother | Sheikha Fatuwah Salman Al-Sabah |
Styles of Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah | |
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Reference style | His Excellency |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Alternative style | Sheikh |
Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (Arabic: ناصر صباح الأحمد الصباح; 27 April 1948 – 20 December 2020) was the First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense of Kuwait,[1] and before that he was the head of the Amiri Diwan in 2006–2017.[2] Nasser was the eldest son (conceived shortly after 18th birthday) of the ruler or Emir of Kuwait, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (1929–2020). He was seen as the main driving force behind "Silk City", one of Kuwait's mega projects with investments estimated at more than US$100 billion.[2]
Patron of Arts and Culture[]
Sheikh Nasser established Dar al Athar al Islamiyyah, a Kuwaiti cultural foundation based around the Al-Sabah Antiques Group. Sheikh Nasser Sabah was an honorary member of the Board of Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[3]
Membership of Committees and Associations[]
- Head of the Committee for Common Development Enterprises between the State of Kuwait and the Islamic Republic of Iran - concerned with economic and political issues in the region, the organization’s members also include many eminent Kuwaiti economists and political theorists[4]
- Founder and member of Kuwait Red Crescent Society[4]
- Founder and member of the Kuwaiti Association for the Protection of Public Funds[4]
- Founder and member of Kuwait Equestrian Club[4]
- Honorary President of the Kuwaiti Association of Formative Arts[4]
Death[]
Nasser's death was announced on 20 December 2020. After battling lung related problems since 2018. He died 82 days after the death of his father, Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Sheikh Nasser was 72.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Ministerial profile" (PDF). Government of Kuwait. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2017.
- ^ a b "New Kuwait cabinet: Emir names eldest son as defence minister". The National. 11 December 2017.
- ^ "The Metropolitan Museum Annual Report 2018" (PDF).
- ^ a b c d e "Al-Diwan Al Amiri, H.E Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah CV" (PDF).
- ^ "Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al Ahmed, former Kuwaiti Minister of Defence, dies at 72". Gulf News. 20 December 2020.
- 1948 births
- 2020 deaths
- Children of national leaders
- Defence ministers of Kuwait
- House of Al-Sabah