Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 7

16-Feb-2009

KUWAIT

Kuwait Appoints New Oil Minister

Kuwait has appointed former health minister Shaikh Ahmad al-'Abd Allah al-Sabah as Minister of Oil, the official news agency KUNA announced on 9 February. Shaikh Ahmad is a member of the ruling family, and will be the states first permanent oil minister since Muhammad al-'Ulaim resigned as part of the Kuwaiti cabinet resignation in November (MEES, 1 December 2008). In the meantime, Foreign Minister Shaikh...