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Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah

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Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense
In office4 August 2013 – 11 December 2017
PredecessorAhmad Al Khalid Al Sabah
SuccessorNasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah
MonarchSheikh Sabah Al Sabah
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior
In office11 December 2017 – 18 November 2019
PredecessorMohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah
SuccessorAnas Khalid Al Saleh
MonarchSheikh Sabah Al Sabah
HouseHouse of Sabah
ReligionIslam

Khaled Al Jarrah Al Sabah is a Kuwaiti lieutenant general, who retired from military services after being appointed as minister of Defence, to succeed Lt Gen (ret.) Sheikh Ahmed Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. He has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence 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 Kuwaiti Armed 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 was transferred to the interior ministry. In 2019 he was dismissed for a parliamentary no-confidence and publicly quarreling with the emir's son, the new defence minister (who was also dismissed), about the funds that the defence ministry administered during Khalied's tenure.[8]

References

  1. ^ https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/new-kuwait-cabinet-emir-names-eldest-son-as-defence-minister-1.683621
  2. ^ a b "Lt. Gen. (ret.) Sheikh Khalid Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah". Kuwait Government. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Seven Al-Sabah family members in new Kuwait cabinet". Middle East Online. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Kuwait's new cabinet". Global Post. AFP. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ Omar Hasan (4 August 2013). "Kuwait forms cabinet with new oil, finance ministers". Fox News. Kuwait City. AFP. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  8. ^ https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-defence-minister-shaikh-nasser-takes-aim-at-outgoing-premier-jaber-1.67890248
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