Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 21

25-May-2009

KUWAIT

Prime Minister Reappointed After Kuwaitis Elect Four Women In New Parliament

The ruler of Kuwait Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah reappointed his nephew Shaikh Nasir al-Muhammad al-Sabah as prime minister on 20 May, days after elections for a new parliament. Parliament was dissolved in March and elections called because of what the Amir called the breakdown of relations between government and parliament after MPs threatened to interpolate...