Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah
Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah خالد الجراح الصباح | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior | |
| In office 11 December 2017 – 18 November 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Jaber Al-Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Mohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Anas Khalid Al Saleh |
| Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense | |
| In office 4 August 2013 – 11 December 2017 | |
| Monarch | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Prime Minister | Jaber Al-Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah |
| Chief of General Staff of Kuwait Armed Forces | |
| In office 4 March 2012 – 4 August 2013 | |
| Monarch | Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah |
| Prime Minister | Jaber Al-Mubarak |
| Preceded by | Lieutenant General Sheikh Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah |
| Succeeded by | Lieutenant General Abdul Rahman Mohammed Al-Othman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1953 Kuwait City, Kuwait |
Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ خالد الجراح الصباح, born 1953) is a Kuwaiti lieutenant general, who retired from military services after being appointed as minister of defense to succeed retired Lt General Sheikh Ahmed Al Khaled Al Hamad Al Sabah. He was deputy prime minister and minister of defense from 4 August 2013 to 11 December 2017.[1] He is a member of the ruling family of Kuwait, Al Sabah.
Career
Sabah was appointed as the Chief of General Staff of the Kuwait Military Forces on 4 March 2012.[2][3] He held the rank of lieutenant general and retired from the Kuwaiti Armed Forces.[2][4] He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense on 4 August 2013.[4][5] He replaced Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah in both posts.[6][7] In 2017 he assumed the role of Minister of Interior. In 2019 he was dismissed after publicly quarreling with Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah after the latter filed a complaint with the Kuwaiti Public Prosecution alleging embezzlement of public funds at the Ministry of Defense Army Fund during Khaled's tenure.[8]
Controversy
Allegations of Embezzlement of Public Funds
In November 2019, Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah filed a complaint with the Kuwaiti public prosecutor regarding alleged embezzlement of Kuwaiti public funds held at the Kuwait Military Attaché Office in London. Both Khaled Al-Jarrah and Sheikh Nasser Al-Sabah were subsequently dismissed in their roles as Ministers of Interior and Defense, respectively.
United States Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture
In July 2020, US Department of Justice prosecutors alleged in an asset forfeiture filing[9] that former minister of defense Khaled Al-Jarrah, former undersecretary of the ministry of defense Jassar Al-Jassar, and Fahad Al-Bazz, former head of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defense’s Military Attaché Office in London, set up unauthorized accounts in the name of Kuwait's Military Attaché Office in London. They then allegedly funded these unauthorized accounts with tens of million of dollars, pounds and Euros of Kuwaiti public money and used it for their own purposes. In 2010, according to U.S. prosecutors, Khaled Al-Jarrah transferred $104 million of the misappropriated Kuwaiti funds to California banks between 2012 and 2015, with some transfers falsely described as for Kuwaiti military purposes. The U.S. claims the money was also spent to buy a $6 million penthouse and another $13 million Beverly Hills property, which the Justice Department is also attempting to seize.[10]
References
- ^ "New Kuwait cabinet: Emir names eldest son as defence minister". The National. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah". Kuwait Government. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Seven Al-Sabah family members in new Kuwait cabinet". Middle East Online. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ a b "4 August 2013 - Decree number 212 for year 2013 of the formation of the Cabinet". Kuwaiti Government. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "Kuwait's new cabinet". Global Post. AFP. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ "11 December 2012 - Decree number 296 for year 2012 of the formation of the Cabinet". Kuwaiti Government. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
- ^ Omar Hasan (4 August 2013). "Kuwait forms cabinet with new oil, finance ministers". Fox News. Kuwait City. AFP. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ^ "Kuwait Defence Minister Shaikh Nasser takes aim at outgoing premier Jaber". Gulf News. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "U.S. Files Lawsuits Seeking to Recover More Than $100 Million Embezzled by Former Officials in Kuwait's Ministry of Defense". www.justice.gov. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Stolen Kuwaiti Money in Beverly Hills 'Mountain,' U.S. Says". Bloomberg.com. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.