Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIV

No 20

16-May-2011

KUWAIT

Kuwait Gets New Oil Minister

Kuwaits government announced its latest oil minister on 8 May Muhammad al-Busairi, a former communications minister, with previous careers in parliament and academia. Although he has a degree in mechanical engineering he has no oil background. The position always requires a skilled politician, not a technocrat. He has a technical team to advise him, a Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) official...