Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
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Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ صباح الأحمد الجابر الصباح, romanized: ash-Shaykh Sabāh al-ʾAḥmad al-Jābir aṣ-Ṣabāḥ; 16 June 1929 – 29 September 2020)[3] was the Emir of Kuwait from 24 January 2006 until his death in 2020.
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Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | |
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Emir of Kuwait | |
Reign | 24 January 2006 – 29 September 2020 |
Predecessor | Saad Al-Salim |
Successor | Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber |
5th Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait | |
In office | 13 July 2003 – 30 January 2006 |
Predecessor | Saad Al-Salim |
Successor | Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah |
Emir | See list
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Born | (1929-06-16)16 June 1929 Jahra, Sheikhdom of Kuwait[1] |
Died | 29 September 2020(2020-09-29) (aged 91) Rochester, Minnesota, U.S. |
Burial | 30 September 2020 Sulaibikhat Cemetery[2] |
Spouse | Sheikha Fatuwah Salman Al-Sabah (died 1990) |
Issue | Sheikh Nasser Sheikh Hamad Sheikh Ahmed Sheikha Salwa |
House | Sabah |
Father | Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
Mother | Munira Othman Hamad Al-Ayyar Al-Saeed |
Religion | Sunni Islam |
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He was the fourth son of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.