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Final month, the emir was admitted to hospital following an emergency well being problem, in line with state information company KUNA.
Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah has died at 86.
“With great sadness and sorrow, we mourn … the death of Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait,” stated an announcement from the royal court docket on Saturday aired on state tv.
Sheikh Nawaf was sworn in in September 2020 after the dying of his half-brother, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, in the USA on the age of 91.
He held excessive workplace for many years earlier than he took energy. Named inheritor obvious in 2006, he was serving as defence minister when Iraqi troops invaded the oil-rich emirate in 1990. He additionally labored as inside minister within the face of challenges from armed teams.
Widespread inside the ruling al-Sabah household, he had a status for modesty, and largely maintained a low profile.
Final month, the emir was admitted to hospital following an emergency well being problem, in line with state information company KUNA.
Whereas the report didn’t elaborate on the well being problem, Sheikh Nawaf has handed over energy a number of occasions throughout his rule to his deputy whereas going through medical checks and different points. State-run media had beforehand reported that he travelled to the USA for unspecified medical checks in March 2021.
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