Kuwait names crown prince Mishal as new Emir

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Kuwait names crown prince Mishal as new Emir

December 17, 2023
Updated: 06:56 am

Kuwait names crown prince Mishal as new Emir

Kuwait City, Dec 17 : The Kuwaiti cabinet has declared Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah as the new Emir of Kuwait. He succeeded the throne following the death of Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday at 86, Xinhua news agency reported. Issa Al-Kandari, Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, said in a statement that the cabinet announcement came "in accordance with the constitution and Article 4 of Law No. 4 of 1964". In the statement broadcasted on state TV, Al-Kandari announced a 40-day mourning period to commemorate the passing of Emir Nawaf, the 16th Emir of Kuwait. /IANS

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